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Emotion and Migration

British Transnationals in Dubai

Bibliographic Data

ID4842777
AuthorsKatie Walsh (0000-0003-4136-3847, University of Sussex, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume30
Issue1
Pages43-59
Publication date2012-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/d12409
OpenAlexW1989017360
LanguageEN
Citations received51
References cited40

This paper examines some of the emotions highlighted by interactions between British migrants and Gulf nationals in the emerging global city of Dubai. Tracing the emotions that emerge in 'expatriate' handbooks, field notes, and interview narratives, I contribute to an emerging body of work that focuses on the embodied migrant and troubles the notion of privileged migrants as being detached from place. I demonstrate that attention to the emotions framing such interactions, in both geographical and temporal terms, can help us to better understand migrant encounters

Art · Economic geography · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Expatriate · Framing (construction · Geography · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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Unique citing works51
Citations per year3,92
Citation span2013 - 2026 (14)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 51

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