{"product_id":"counterstreams-in-migration-ethiopians-choices-to-stay-leave-or-return-paperback","title":"Counterstreams in Migration: Ethiopians' Choices to Stay, Leave, or Return - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHewan Girma\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMigration journeys are not unidirectional. In \u003ci\u003eCounterstreams in Migration\u003c\/i\u003e, Hewan Girma reveals a more complex circuit of migration, concentrating on the motivations behind non-migration, return migration, and repeat migration to show how these flows mutually affect and influence the migrant as well as the family members who remain at home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Weaving together nearly 100 stories of non-migrants, returnees, and repeat migrants from Ethiopia, Girma advances a theory of migra-emotions, emotions specific to migration, to understand decisions and experiences, such as the imaginary of home and the lived reality of alienation, disaffection abroad, and feelings of duty to one's homeland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Looking beyond the meanings of migration or processes of integration, Girma explores the emotional subtext of migration aspirations. In doing so, \u003ci\u003eCounterstreams of Migration\u003c\/i\u003e complicates conventional understandings of migration and provides a more complete picture of migrant stories.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHewan Girma\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. She cofounded and codirects the Ethiopian, East African and Indian Ocean Research Network. She is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Global Ethiopian Diaspora: Migrations, Connections, and Belongings and Naming Africans: On the Epistemic Value of Names\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978299572525,"sku":"9781439925669","price":51.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/48_sQ6jZfj9781439925669.webp?v=1775801518","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/counterstreams-in-migration-ethiopians-choices-to-stay-leave-or-return-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}