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Dear All, I am pleased to let you know that my book *The Big Gamble: The Migration of Eritreans to Europe, *published by University of California Press, is now available. A free open access version of the title can be read online: http://www.luminosoa.org/site/books/10.1525/luminos.82/. It is also available in print: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520298705/the-big-gamble *A bit about the book:* Tens of thousands of Eritreans make perilous voyages across Africa and the Mediterranean Sea every year. Why do they risk their lives to reach European countries where so many more hardships await them? By visiting family homes in Eritrea and living with refugees in camps and urban peripheries across Ethiopia, Sudan, and Italy, Milena Belloni untangles the reasons behind one of the most under-researched refugee populations today. Balancing encounters with refugees and their families, smugglers, and visa officers, The Big Gamble contributes to ongoing debates about blurred boundaries between forced and voluntary migration, the complications of transnational marriages, the social matrix of smuggling, and the role of family expectations, emotions, and values in migrants’ choices of destinations. I hope you will find the book of interest! Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any question. All the best, Milena Belloni "*The Big Gamble*: the migration of Eritreans to Europe" - University of California Press https://www.luminosoa.org/site/books/10.1525/luminos.82/ [image: The Big Gamble by Milena Belloni] "Family project or individual choice? Exploring agency in young Eritreans’ migration." *Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies* (2019): 1-18. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2019.1584698 "When the phone stops ringing: on the meanings and causes of disruptions in communication between Eritrean refugees and their families back home". *Global Networks*. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/glob.12230 ************************************************************* The Anthropology-Matters mailing list is is administered by the ASA. AM is used to communicate with postgraduate & postdoctoral anthropologists working in the UK and abroad to provide alerts to: new issues of the Open Access Anthropology Matters journal, and events of anthropological interest in the UK anthropology community such as conferences and seminars or funding opportunities. To join the list or view archived previous messages visit: * https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/Anthropology-Matters If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe please click here: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=ANTHROPOLOGY-MATTERS&A=1 **************************************************************