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1 online resource (xv, 286 pages) : color illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface : the romance of study abroad / Michael Woolf -- Affect and romance in study and volunteer abroad : introducing our project / Neriko Musha Doerr and Hannah Davis Taieb -- Study abroad and its reasons : a critical overview of the field / Hannah Davis Taieb and Neriko Musha Doerr -- Passionate displacements into other tongues and towns : a psychoanalytic perspective on shifting into a second language / Karen Rodriguez -- Sojourn to the dark continent : landscape and affect in an African mobility experience / Bradley Rink -- Thinking through the romance / Hannah Davis Taieb, with Emily Bihl, Mai-Linh Bui, Hyojung Kim, and Kaitlin Rosenblum -- Falling in/out of love with the place : affective investment, perceptions of difference, and learning in study abroad / Neriko Musha Doerr -- Learning Japanese/Japan in a year abroad in Kyoto : discourse of study abroad -- Emotions, and construction of self / Yuri Kumagai -- Smile, one hug : romanticizing "making a difference" to oneself and others through English-language voluntourism / Cori Jakubiak -- "People with pants" : self-perceptions of worldteach volunteers in the Marshall Islands / Ruochen Richard Li -- Conclusion / Hannah Davis Taieb and Neriko Musha Doerr. |
| Summary |
What draws people to study abroad or volunteer in far-off communities? Often the answer is romance - the romance of landscapes, people, languages, the very sense of border-crossing - and longing for liberation, attraction to the unknown, yearning to make a difference. This volume explores the complicated and often fraught desires to study and volunteer abroad. In doing so, the book sheds light on how affect is managed by educators and mobilized by students and volunteers themselves, and how these structures of feeling relate to broader social and economic forces. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Foreign study -- Social aspects.
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Foreign study -- Social aspects. |
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Foreign study. |
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Voluntarism -- Social aspects.
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Voluntarism -- Social aspects. |
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Voluntarism. |
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International education -- Social aspects.
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International education. |
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College students -- Intellectual life.
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Educational anthropology.
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Educational anthropology. |
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Social aspects. |
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EDUCATION -- Essays. |
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College students -- Intellectual life. |
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions. |
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College students. |
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EDUCATION -- Reference. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. |
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anthropology. |
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civic. |
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coming of age. |
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cultural experiences. |
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cultural. |
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culture. |
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economic forces. |
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economics. |
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education. |
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educators. |
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engaging. |
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english language voluntourism. |
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family. |
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foreign travel. |
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freedom. |
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language. |
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liberation. |
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life changes. |
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living abroad. |
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making a difference. |
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outcasts and outsiders. |
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overseas travel. |
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page turner. |
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personal growth. |
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political. |
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self help. |
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social forces. |
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social issues. |
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social science. |
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students and teachers. |
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tourism. |
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travel writing. |
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travel. |
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volunteering. |
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working abroad. |
| Added Author |
Doerr, Neriko Musha, 1967- editor.
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Davis Taïeb, Hannah, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Romance of crossing borders. New York : Berghahn Books, 2017 9781785333583 (DLC) 2016053198 |
| ISBN |
9781785333590 electronic book |
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1785333593 electronic book |
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9781785333583 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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