Erika Polson Privileged Mobilities (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Privileged MobilitiesCondition: NewEAN: 9781433130267ISBN: 9781433130267Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing IncFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/05/2016Item Height: 225mmItem Length: 150mmItem Weight: 300gAuthor: Erika PolsonLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Professional Migration, Geo-Social Media, and a New Global Middle ClassDescription: As corporations ramp up «workforce globalization» and young professionals increasingly pursue opportunities to work abroad, social entrepreneurs use online digital platforms to create offline social events where foreigners can meet face-to-face. Through ethnographic study of such groups in Paris, Singapore, and Bangalore, Erika Polson illustrates how, as a new generation of expatriates uses location technologies to create mobile «places,» a new global middle class is emerging. While there are many differences in the specifics between the expat groups, they share certain characteristics that indicate a larger logic to the way that the increasing mobility of professional career paths is connected to new subjectivities and changing forms of community among a diverse and growing demographic. This book opens up a new field of study, one which pays more attention to middle class mobility while questioning the privileging of mobility more generally.Country/Region of Manufacture: USBook Series: Intersections in Communications and CultureGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Language & Reference, Science Nature & Math, Computing & Internet, Children's Learning & Education, Social SciencesRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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