Building on long-term ethnographic research with former Rhodesian child migrants, now living in the UK, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, this book delves into the children’s unique experiences of migration, displacement, and resettlement. By highlighting these enduring emotional, social, and political repercussions, the author critically addresses how colonial histories matter in the present. Through the lens of former child migrants – whose kin relations were ruptured, who were disciplined into silence and suppression, and who have seen scant public recognition of their past – this book sheds light on the formation of memory through its gaps and silences. It contributes to our understanding of memory in relation to forced migration and displaced communities.
Building on long-term ethnographic research with former Rhodesian child migrants, now living in the UK, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, this book delves into the children’s unique experiences of migration, displacement, and resettlement. By highlighting these enduring emotional, social, and political repercussions, the author critically addresses how colonial histories matter in the present. Through the lens of former child migrants – whose kin relations were ruptured, who were disciplined into silence and suppression, and who have seen scant public recognition of their past – this book sheds light on the formation of memory through its gaps and silences. It contributes to our understanding of memory in relation to forced migration and displaced communities.
Imperial Investments: Legacies of Displacement in British Child Migration to Southern Rhodesia
378
Imperial Investments: Legacies of Displacement in British Child Migration to Southern Rhodesia
378
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783031803437 |
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| Publisher: | Springer Nature Switzerland |
| Publication date: | 04/02/2025 |
| Series: | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
| Pages: | 378 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d) |