Refugees and the Meaning of Home [electronic resource] : Cypriot Narratives of Loss, Longing and Daily Life in London /
Taylor, Helen.author.
This book explores the meaning of home for Cypriot refugees living in London since their island was torn apart by war. Taking an innovative approach, it looks at how spaces, time, social networks and sensory experiences come together as home is constructed. It places refugee narratives at its centre to reveal the agency of those forced to migrate.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book explores the meaning of home for Cypriot refugees living in London since their island was torn apart by war. Taking an innovative approach, it looks at how spaces, time, social networks and sensory experiences come together as home is constructed. It places refugee narratives at its centre to reveal the agency of those forced to migrate.
Contexts and catalysts -- There's no place like home : the spatial home -- Rhythms of life : the temporal home -- Senses of belonging : the material home -- Home is other people : the relational home -- The constructed cypriot home : concluding remarks.
Emigration and immigration.
Sociology.
Sociology, Urban.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Ethnicity.
Migration.
Sociology, general.
Urban Studies/Sociology.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Ethnicity Studies.