Tango Partners A Migrant Academic's Fusion of Privilege and Precarity
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| Publication date | 2026 |
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| Book title | From the Margins |
| Book subtitle | Migrant Academic's Narratives of Precarity |
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| Chapter | 1 |
| Volume | Issue number | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 21-28 |
| Publisher | OpenBook Publishers |
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| Abstract | We tend to think of “migrant” and “academic” as opposite categories: one stands for precarity and prejudice and the other for privilege and prestige. Going over about ten years of my migrant academic journey across five countries in less than five pages, I try to show in this essay that precarity and privilege are not necessarily opponents locked in a duel. Rather, on the dance floor of a migrant academic’s life, they’re more like tightly embracing tango partners, so entangled that, if you look closely, you may have a hard time telling them apart. |
| Document type | Chapter |
| Language | English |
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https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0508.01
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