Allegory and the migration of symbols

Where does allegory come from? Most studies of allegory view it as a type of artistic or literary endeavor. Our claim is that allegory arises from ordinary experience as people see...

Status symbols undergo constant changes depending on the ‘zeitgeist’ and the social reference group. For something to be considered a status symbol, access to it must be limited—it...

The monograph is devoted to the analysis of the mechanism of public legal regulation of migration in the Russian Federation: the study of the role of the modern Russian state in re...

The post-World War II period has been called the age of migration, since an unprecedented number of people worldwide have been on the move. This reference surveys migration and imm...

Focusing on a significant 70-year period as a climactic phase of displacement, the book investigates the role of literature in producing new modes of representing and understanding...

This chapter will explore how children experienced a sense of community and family within the context of migration, focusing on case studies from the nineteenth century and the Vik...

Abstract Much has been written about migration and health. Absent until now, has been a book that directly addresses forced migration, health, ethics, and justice...

This contribution to political anthropology, migration research, and postcolonial studies fills a gap in the hitherto under-represented scholarship on the migrant and settler socie...