Temporality in Mobile Lives
Contemporary Asia–Australia Migration and Everyday Time
By Shanthi Robertson
ISBN
978-1529211528Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressISBN
978-1529211511Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressISBN
978-1529211542Imprint
Bristol University PressISBN
978-1529211542Imprint
Bristol University Press
Temporality in Mobile Lives
In the media
'Chronomobilities' in The Philosopher's Zone with David Rutledge
Shanthi Robertson provides fresh perspectives on 21st-century migratory experiences in this innovative study of young Asian migrants’ lives in Australia.
Exploring the aspirations and realities of transnational mobility, the book shows how migration has reshaped lived experiences of time for middle-class young people moving between Asia and the West for work, study and lifestyle opportunities. Through a new conceptual framework of ‘chronomobilities,’ which looks at 'time-regimes' and 'time-logics', Robertson demonstrates how migratory pathways have become far more complex than leaving one country for another, and can profoundly affect the temporalities of everyday life, from career pathways to intimate relationships.
Drawing on extensive ethnographic material, Robertson deepens our understanding of the multifaceted relationship between migration and time.
"By attending to the intersections between the temporalities of intimate relationships and the mobile lives of transnational migrants, Robertson provides us a truly original framework to understand the times of migration." Brenda Yeoh, National University of Singapore
Shanthi Robertson is Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts and Research Fellow in the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University.
Introduction
Chronomobilities: 21st-Century Migration and Lived Time
Asian Migrants of the Middle in Local and Global Context
Times of Work: Transified Workers and Contingent Careers
Times in Place: Moving, Dwelling, Belonging
Times of the Heart: Reconfiguring Intimacy
Conclusion
