Death and the Migrant: Bodies, Borders and Care

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Using sociological research with dying migrants and care professionals, Death and the Migrant describes the unfolding drama and ordinary predicaments of transnational dying in British Cities. At times of dying, lives are looked back on and memories and losses surface. For migrants and settlers, questions of belonging and ‘home’ can loom large. The impact of these novel psycho-geographies is also transforming care provision as professionals encounter varied cultural cosmologies and struggle to recognise and alleviate the accumulated pain of social exclusion and injustice. And amidst the churn there are extraordinary stories of generosity and inventiveness that provide new insight into experiences of dispossession and multicultural living, revealing shared human predicaments of how bodies of all kinds survive with frailty, loss and through interdependence. These are matters that bubble up as eschatological questions that ultimately speak to us all. ‘Who am I?’ ‘How did I get here? Cover HalfTitle Title Copyright Dedication Contents Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface Elephant Pass(t) 1 Death and the Migrant – An Introduction Frank, A first journey Harshini, The last migration Diasporic dying Hospice-tality and the geo-social Mortal chorographies The book 2 Eros The promise David The face Dust and guts 3 Thanatos 4 A Catch Dirt Paranoia Comin throu the rye Patience 5 Never Mind Violet is unbalanced. Silver lining Les Fleurs du Mal 6 Dissimulation Shock Body heat 7 Moving On Faith 8 Music Noise Hospice-tality 9 The Prince and the Pee Tings 10 Failing, Falling Inklings The high wire Not-knowing In the skin of a lion 11 Home Body work Slowly, slowly Genograms A view A cough 12 Pain Total pain: ‘All of me is wrong’ Case stories Being affected to learn 13 The Foreigner Question – An Epilogue Sweet chariot Geese20 14 Appendix: Research and Methods Stories, writing, care Notes Bibliography Index