{"product_id":"transnational-geographies-of-the-heart-intimate-subjectivities-in-a-globalising-city-hardback-9781119050452","title":"Transnational Geographies of The Heart; Intimate Subjectivities in a Globalising City (Hardback) 9781119050452","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTransnational Geographies of The Heart\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIntimate Subjectivities in a Globalising City\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A lively, thought-provoking examination of intimate and transnational subjectivities. Drawing on careful ethnographic research, a rich picture is developed of the complexities of intimacy for British expatriates in Dubai. The analysis is insightful, and the volume makes a significant and distinctive contribution to our understanding of migration and transnational life.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Conradson, Department of Geography, University of Canterbury, New Zealand\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Intimacy is so thickly woven into our individual and social lives that it is extremely difficult to pick apart conceptually, particularly in the hyper-mobile and globalised settings of contemporary life. \u003ci\u003eTransnational Geographies of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edirectly addresses this challenge by exploring the intimacy concept in relationship to mobility. In this absorbing and erudite book, Walsh develops a much needed language with which to explore the textures of intimacy – deeply under acknowledged in the migrant literature - as they are enacted and negotiated in one of today’s least studied but most globalised cities. In doing so, Walsh delivers a ground-breaking work that highlights the significance of geographical analysis in understanding the spatialisation of intimate subjectivities and the importance of place – defined through multiple sites of belonging within complex postcolonial and racialised contexts – in shaping our inter-personal relationships.’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLoretta Baldassar, School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKatie Walsh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781119050452, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 April 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.408 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A lively, thought-provoking examination of intimate and transnational subjectivities. Drawing on careful ethnographic research, a rich picture is developed of the complexities of intimacy for British expatriates in Dubai. The analysis is insightful, and the volume makes a significant and distinctive contribution to our understanding of migration and transnational life.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Conradson, Department of Geography, University of Canterbury, New Zealand\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Intimacy is so thickly woven into our individual and social lives that it is extremely difficult to pick apart conceptually, particularly in the hyper-mobile and globalised settings of contemporary life. \u003ci\u003eTransnational Geographies of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edirectly addresses this challenge by exploring the intimacy concept in relationship to mobility. In this absorbing and erudite book, Walsh develops a much needed language with which to explore the textures of intimacy – deeply under acknowledged in the migrant literature - as they are enacted and negotiated in one of today’s least studied but most globalised cities. In doing so, Walsh delivers a ground-breaking work that highlights the significance of geographical analysis in understanding the spatialisation of intimate subjectivities and the importance of place – defined through multiple sites of belonging within complex postcolonial and racialised contexts – in shaping our inter-personal relationships.’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLoretta Baldassar, School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransnational Geographies of the Heart \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the spatialisation of intimacy in everyday life through an analysis of intimate subjectivities in transnational spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on ethnographic research with British migrants in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, during a phase of rapid globalisation and economic diversification in 2002-2004\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights the negotiation of inter-personal relationships as enormously significant in relation to the dialectic of home and migration\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes four empirical chapters focused on the production of ‘expatriate’ subjectivities, community and friendships, sex and romance, and families\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates that a critical analysis of the geographies of intimacy might productively contribute to our understanding of the ways in which intimate subjectivities are embodied, emplaced, and co-produced across binaries of public\/private and local\/global space \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Geographies of Intimacy 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 A Globalising Gulf Region and the British in Dubai 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 British ‘Expatriate’ Subjectivities in Dubai 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 ‘Community’, Clubs and Friendship 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Sex, Desire and Romance in the Globalising City 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Migration, Domesticity and ‘Family Life’ 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Our Intimate Lives 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 172\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52421394432280,"sku":"9781119050452","price":53.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781119050452.jpg?v=1784594621","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/transnational-geographies-of-the-heart-intimate-subjectivities-in-a-globalising-city-hardback-9781119050452","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}