The figure of the adventurer as an African migrant
| Autor: | Sylvie Bredeloup |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Laboratoire Population-Environnement-Développement (LPED), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU) |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Cultural Studies
Linguistics and Language History Literature and Literary Theory Visual Arts and Performing Arts migratory adventure EMIGRATION COMMERCANT ANTHROPOLOGIE TRAVAILLEUR MIGRANT MIGRATION INTERNATIONALE DIAMANT Language and Linguistics JEUNESSE SYSTEME DE REPRESENTATIONS 050602 political science & public administration 0601 history and archaeology ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS The Imaginary [SHS.SOCIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology 060101 anthropology 05 social sciences MOTIVATION Gender studies 06 humanities and the arts AVENTURIER Adventure 0506 political science SEXE FEMME INDIVIDUALISME Capital (economics) Ethnology Music |
| Zdroj: | Journal of African Cultural Studies Journal of African Cultural Studies, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2013, 25 (2), pp.170-182. ⟨10.1080/13696815.2012.751870⟩ Journal of African Cultural Studies, 2013, 25 (2), pp.170-182. ⟨10.1080/13696815.2012.751870⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1469-9346 1369-6815 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13696815.2012.751870 |
| Popis: | African migration is not determined just through misery and danger. Personal ambition is an important catalyst compelling the more intrepid to hit the road. The decision to leave can result in a pressing urge to change lifestyle, to invent new ways of life, to explore far-off lands, real or imaginary. The migratory adventure is not only synonymous with a departure abroad – close or distant; it is also similar to a moral experience which is tightly correlated with risk or intensity of life. After introducing the different promoters of the African migratory adventure, the article will show that more and more African women, in the process of their migration, claim the status of the adventurer for themselves. Then, the times of adventure will enlighten, the beginning, the time of youth, and the end when the migrants come back home. Several outcomes to the migratory adventure are also possible. Upwards, for those who are able to convert their mobility capital and connect themselves to transnational networks. D... |
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