Migrant, Habitus

A Bourdieusian Analysis of Lebanese-Australian Settling Practices
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5292-4164-8
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Global Migration and Social Change

Every migrant journey reshapes both the people undergoing it and the places it encounters.

This book explores how Lebanese-Australians navigate settlement as they rework the resources they bring and acquire new ones. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research across generations, it highlights the cultural, temporal and generational dimensions of migration, showing how everyday practices shape belonging, identity and social opportunity. The book also extends Bourdieusian theory, emphasizing cultural complexity and the ‘pedagogic imperative.’

This is essential reading for sociologists, migration scholars and anyone interested in how migration transforms lives, communities and social fields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Noble, Greg

Tabar, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Migrating Bourdieu: Rethinking the Settling Process

2. Learning to Be Lebanese (Differently)

3. the Career of the Migrant

4. Home Enough

5. Migrating Capitals

6. Whose Field?

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Tabar, Paul
Paul Tabar is founding Director of the Institute for Migration Studies at the Lebanese American University, Beirut and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University, Australia.

Noble, Greg
Greg Noble is Professor at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University, Australia.

Greg Noble is Professor at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University, Australia.

Paul Tabar is founding Director of the Institute for Migration Studies at the Lebanese American University, Beirut and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University, Australia.