Narrating migration, narrating futures

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Narrating migration, narrating futures

Social narratives on global power dynamics in Cameroon and the Cameroonian diaspora

Literary theory Migration, immigration and emigration Public administration Population and migration geography

Author: Marlene Gartner

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Collection: Literatur und Postmigration

Language: English

Published by: J.B. Metzler

Published on: 30th September 2025

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9783662720080


Book Overview

The book revolves around narrative as an intriguing, as well as intricate object of analysis and demonstrates how theoretically sound and empirically founded narrative research can look like.

Migration and Imagination

Migration is imbued, motivated, and shaped by imagination.

Language and Social Narratives

Based on the everyday language around migration in Cameroon, the author is exploring social narratives about migration and their relationship with the global.

Migration Storytelling as Cultural Force

Migration storytelling is a cultural force which speaks about people and their lives to the fullest: What they aspire to, the risks they take, and the stories they tell about all of it.

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