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Drie, Kim van (2013)

My Home is My Castle: Afrikaans speaking South Africans in the Netherlands

Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)

This study shows that Afrikaans speaking South African immigrants living in the Netherlands create a sense of home and belonging through a variety of products, activities and networks. They do this within the institutional framework, consisting of rules, regulations and constraints of the Netherlands. Like the respondent who smuggles in Grandpa powder, a headache powder used in South Africa, although EU regulations do not allow this. Blockages thus also exist after one has migrated, and are not only of influence during the process of migration from one place to another. Within the institutional framework of the Netherlands, Afrikaans speaking South Africans have found several ways to make use of products, activities and networks in their efforts to feel at ease.

Consumption

South Africans

Home

Afrikaans

Migration

Migrants

Places

Author

Drie, Kim van

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

Global Economy and Culture

Supervisors

Luning, Sabine

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en