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100 1 a| Mahmud, Hasanc| (Sociologist)?| UNAUTHORIZED;

245 10 a| Remittance as belongingh| [electronic resource] :b| global migration, transnationalism, and the quest for home /c| Hasan Mahmud.;

260 a| New Brunswick, New Jersey :b| Rutgers University Press,c| [2025];

300 a| vii, 199 pages ;c| 25 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-192) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: The Migrant, the Family, and Money -- A Rush to the East: Bangladeshi Migration to Japan -- Narratives of Remittance from Japan -- The American Dream -- Narratives of Remittance from the United States -- Going Global, Coming Home -- Conclusion: Why Do Migrants Send Remittances?;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Remittance as Belonging: Global Migration, Transnationalism, and the Quest for Home argues that migrant remittances express their sense of belonging and connectedness to their home country of origin, making an integral part of both migrants' ethnic identity and sense of what they call home. Drawing on three and a half years of ethnographic fieldwork with Bangladeshi migrants in Tokyo and Los Angeles, Hasan Mahmud demonstrates that while migrants go abroad for various reasons, they do not travel alone. Although they leave behind their families in Bangladesh, they move abroad essentially as members of their family and community and maintain their belonging to home through transnational practices, including remittance-sending. By conceptualizing remittance as an expression of migrants' belonging, this book presents detailed accounts of the emergence, growth, decline, and revival of remittances as a function of transformations in migrants' sense of belonging to home"--c| Provided by publisher.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

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Remittance as belonging global migration, transnationalism, and the quest for home / Hasan Mahmud.

Author/creator	Mahmud, Hasan
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2025]
Description	vii, 199 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects. Emigrant remittances--Social aspects. Immigrants--Economic conditions. Immigrants--Social conditions. Transnationalism. Belonging (Social psychology)

Contents	Introduction: The Migrant, the Family, and Money -- A Rush to the East: Bangladeshi Migration to Japan -- Narratives of Remittance from Japan -- The American Dream -- Narratives of Remittance from the United States -- Going Global, Coming Home -- Conclusion: Why Do Migrants Send Remittances?
Abstract	"Remittance as Belonging: Global Migration, Transnationalism, and the Quest for Home argues that migrant remittances express their sense of belonging and connectedness to their home country of origin, making an integral part of both migrants' ethnic identity and sense of what they call home. Drawing on three and a half years of ethnographic fieldwork with Bangladeshi migrants in Tokyo and Los Angeles, Hasan Mahmud demonstrates that while migrants go abroad for various reasons, they do not travel alone. Although they leave behind their families in Bangladesh, they move abroad essentially as members of their family and community and maintain their belonging to home through transnational practices, including remittance-sending. By conceptualizing remittance as an expression of migrants' belonging, this book presents detailed accounts of the emergence, growth, decline, and revival of remittances as a function of transformations in migrants' sense of belonging to home"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-192) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2024003469
ISBN	9781978840409 (paperback)
ISBN	9781978840416 (cloth)
ISBN	(epub)
ISBN	(pdf)

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