Georgian Women on the Move

Weronika Zmiejewski is a social anthropologist specializing in the Caucasus and Central Asia. She earned her PhD from Friedrich Schiller University in Jena with a dissertation on Georgian migrant women in Greece, based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Greece (Thessaloniki) in 2015 and Georgia in 2016. She is currently working on a postdoctoral project focused on World War II recordings from Central Asia at the Phonogrammarchive in Vienna.

“This book is a compelling, multilayered exploration of the labor migration experiences of Georgian women in Greece. The author situates migration experiences within the broader socio-political upheavals of post-Soviet Georgia, illustrating the interplay between historical and structural circumstances and individual life trajectories.” • Maia Barkaia, Georgian Institute of Public Affairs“This is an insightful, sympathetic and well-written account of the life-worlds of Georgian migrant women in Greece, one that could not have been given had it not been for the ethnographic depth of the material. It is clearly written by an author who knows her craft, the history of the places she depicts, and the theoretical concepts she applies.” • Martin Demant Frederiksen, Aarhus University

• AcknowledgmentsNote on TransliterationIntroductionChapter 1. Managing UncertaintiesChapter 2. Georgian Motherhood on the MoveChapter 3. Dealing with Care Work in Times of CrisisChapter 4. Uncovering the Spaces of Migrant Women in ThessalonikiChapter 5. Dealing with MistrustChapter 6. Maintaining Self-Respect in MigrationChapter 7. Being in BetweenConclusionReferencesIndex