Privileged Mobilities

Erika Polson

ISBN 10: 1433130262 / ISBN 13: 9781433130267

Edité par Peter Lang, Peter Lang Jun 2016, 2016

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Neuware -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.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 210 pp. Englisch.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Privileged Mobilities
• Éditeur: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Jun 2016
• Date de parution: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1433130262
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781433130267
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 225 L x 150 H x 12 P (en millimètres) 225 millimètres de largeur par 150 millimètres de hauteur par 12 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 303 grammes

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Synopsis

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.

À propos de l?auteur

Erika Polson (PhD, The Pennsylvania State University) is an assistant professor in the Department of Media, Film & Journalism Studies at the University of Denver. Her work has appeared in publications including Media, Culture & Society, Communication, Culture & Critique, New Media & Society, and the International Communication Gazette.