The Suffering of the Immigrant
1. Edition January 2004
360 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the
condition of the immigrant and it will transform the reader's
understanding of the issues surrounding immigration. Sayad's
book will be widely used in courses on race, ethnicity, immigration
and identity in sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, politics
and geography.
* an outstanding and original work on the experience of
immigration and the kind of suffering involved in living in a
society and culture which is not one's own;
* describes how immigrants are compelled, out of respect for
themselves and the group that allowed them to leave their country
of origin, to play down the suffering of emigration;
* Abdelmalek Sayad, was an Algerian scholar and close associate
of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu - after Sayad's
death, Bourdieu undertook to assemble these writings for
publication;
* this book will transform the reader's understanding of
the issues surrounding immigration.
A Note on Terminology.
Preface.
Sources.
Introduction.
1 The Original Sin And The Collective Lie.
2 The Three Ages Of Emigration.
3 An Exemplary Immigration.
4 Nationalism And Emigration.
5 The Backlash On The Society Of Origin.
6 A Relationship Of Domination.
7 The Wrongs Of The Absentee.
8 The Immigrant: 'Os For Life'.
9 Illness, Suffering And The Body.
10 The Weight Of Words.
11 'Naturalisation'.
Appendix: Three Interviews About Identity.
12 Immigration And 'State Thought'.
13 Recapitulation.
Notes.
References.
Bibliography: The Writings Of Abdelmalek Sayad
