Romance of Crossing Borders

Neriko Musha Doerr received a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Cornell University. She currently teaches at Ramapo College, U.S.A.Hannah Davis Taïeb has a Phd in anthropology from New York University. She is an independent international educator teaching community engagement and intercultural communication in Paris. She was Resident Director at CIEE-Paris from 2003 to 2015.

• List of TablesPrefaceMichael WoolfAcknowledgementsPART I: INTRODUCTIONChapter 1. Affect and Romance in Study and Volunteer Abroad: Introducing our ProjectNeriko Musha Doerr and Hannah Davis TaïebChapter 2. Study Abroad and its Reasons: A Critical Overview of the FieldHannah Davis Taïeb and Neriko Musha DoerrPART II: STUDYING WITH(OUT) PASSION: STUDY ABROAD AND AFFECTChapter 3. Passionate Displacements into Other Tongues and Towns: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Shifting into a Second LanguageKaren RodriguezChapter 4. Sojourn to the Dark Continent: Landscape, Affect in an African Mobility ExperienceBradley RinkChapter 5. Thinking through the RomanceHannah Davis Taïeb, with Emily Bihl, Mai-Linh Bui, Hyojung Kim, and Kaitlin RosenblumChapter 6. Falling in/out of Love with the Place: Affective Investment, Perceptions of Difference, and Learning in Study AbroadNeriko Musha DoerrChapter 7. Learning Japanese/Japan in a Year Abroad in Kyoto: Discourse of Study Abroad, Emotions, and Construction of SelfYuri KumagaiPART III: SERVING WITH PASSION: ROMANTIC IMAGES OF SELF AND OTHER IN VOLUNTEERING ABROADChapter 8. One Smile, One Hug: Romanticizing “Making a Difference” to Oneself and Others through English-Language VoluntourismCori JakubiakChapter 9. “People with Pants”: Self-Perceptions of WorldTeach Volunteers in the Marshall IslandsRuochen Richard LiConclusionHannah Davis Taïeb and Neriko Musha DoerrStudent Photo EssayMorgan Greer, Lee-Anna John, Richard Suarez, Carla VillacísIndex

“The volume provides us with some valuable insights … as an increasing number, if still a minority, of students take up opportunities to spend some of their education in a stay abroad. This book should, therefore, be particularly useful for students and professionals in the fields of mobility studies, international education and education more broadly.” Anthropological Forum