Leaving the Land: Indigenous Migration and Affective Labour in India

by Bengt G Karlsson, Dolly Kikon, Bengt G. Karlsson

During the last decade, indigenous youth from Northeast India have migrated in large numbers to the main cities of metropolitan India to find work and study. This migration is facilitated by new work opportunities in the hospitality sector, mainly as service personnel in luxury hotels, shopping malls, restaurants and airlines. Prolonged armed conflicts, militarization, a stagnant economy, corrupt and ineffective governance structures, and the harsh...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108494420
• ISBN13: 9781108494427
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"