@article{1484054,
      recid = {1484054},
      author = {Datta, Amrita,},
      title = {Stories of the Indian immigrant communities in Germany :  why move? /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxi, 106 pages) :},
      abstract = {By focusing on the question Why leave? Amrita Datta tells  touching human stories as part of an important global  trend: the reconfiguring mobility amidst rapid political  changes and an unprecedented pandemic. Nuanced and  powerful, the book shows that migration is never about jobs  or status only, it is also about everyday dignity and  liveability, for instance the ability of making friends and  moving around in a city safely, which are in turn  conditioned by large political forces. A very timely and  significant contribution to migration studies and global  anthropology. -------- Biao Xiang, Director, Anthropology  of Economic Experimentation, Max Planck Institute for  Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany This book tells the  stories of Indian immigrants in Germany, including Blue  Card holders and students categorized as highly skilled  migrants, as well as others choosing shadow migration  pathways in order to leave the country. It investigates  their motivations for leaving India and choosing Germany as  an immigration destination. Grappling with the stories of  tech workers fleeing the pandemic, activists fleeing the  witch hunting of the government, women escaping gender(ed)  violence and queer people seeking freedom, this book uses  reflexivity as an analytical tool. Investigation of their  transcultural practices also reveals a general intent among  Indians to create homes in Germany, despite several  challenges to such efforts, including structural and  everyday symbolic racism. Amrita Datta is a migration  scholar currently based at the Department of Sociology,  University of Siegen, Germany, as a Marie Sklowdowska-Curie  Fellow. Earlier, she earned a doctoral degree in Sociology  from the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal  Nehru University, New Delhi, India. .},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1484054},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40147-3},
}