Sense(s) of Heimat: Plurilocal Self-Location and Emotional Geographies Through the Lens of International Migration (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783658389840)

The German notion of 'Heimat' is highly subjective, ambiguous and historically charged. Senses of belonging and identity associated with Heimat render the concept vulnerable to appropriation and instrumentalization by different political forces. Thereby, a static and exclusive understanding of Heimat is often depicted. This book drafts a counternarrative to demystify the contested concept. On the one hand, Heimat is conceptualized as spatial through emotional-geographical approaches to human-place relations. And on the other hand, the concept is placed in a global context through the perspective of international migration. The author contributes to the understanding of Heimat as an emotional map of self-location. This subjective map is neither purely static nor dynamic - it is characterized by simultaneities of opposing processes.

Author: Jessica Andel
ISBN-10: 3658389842
ISBN-13: 9783658389840
Publisher: Springer Spektrum
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2022
Pages: 113
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.28d