Research Catalog

Title

Growing up transnational : identity and kinship in a global era / edited by May Friedman and Silvia Schultermandl.

Publication

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Friedman, May, 1975-
• Schultermandl, Silvia.

Description

viii, 266 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• "Stereotypes and cultural imperialism often provide a framework of fixed characteristics for postmodern life, yet fail to address the implications of questions such as, "Where are you from?" Growing Up Transnational challenges the assumptions behind this fixed framework to look at the interconnectivity, conflict, and contradictions within current discussions of identity and kinship.
• This collection offers a fresh, feminist perspective on family relations, identity politics, and cultural locations in a global era. Using an interdisciplinary approach from fields including gender studies, postcolonial theory, and literary theory, this volume questions the concept of hybridity and the tangible implications of assumed identities. The rich personal narratives of the authors explore hyphenated identities, hybridized families, and the challenges and rewards of lives on and beyond borders. The result is a new transnational sensibility that explores the redefinition of the self, the family, and the nation."--Pub. desc.

Subject

• Transborder ethnic groups > Social conditions
• Transnationalism > Social aspects
• Families
• Identity politics
• Feminist theory
• Groupes ethniques transfrontaliers > Conditions sociales
• Transnationalisme > Aspect social
• Famille
• Politique identitaire
• Théorie féministe
• Familles
• Families
• Feminist theory
• Identity politics
• Einwanderung
• Ethnische Identität
• Familienbeziehung
• Nationale Minderheit
• Transnationale Politik
• Feminismus
• Familjer
• Feministisk teori
• Internationalisering

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-261).

Contents

Redefining self. Transnational Rio de Janeiro : (Re)visiting geographical experiences / Alan P. Marcus ; When Russia came to stay / Lea Povozhaev ; "Neither the end of the world nor the beginning" : transnational identity politics in Lisa Suhair Majaj's self-writing / Silvia Schultermandl ; Identity and belonging among second-generation Greek and Italian Canadian women / Noula Papayiannis ; Time and space in the life of Pierre S. Weiss : autoethnographic engagements with memory and trans/dis/location / Samuel Veissière -- Redefining nation. Contemporary Croatian film and the new social economy / Jelena Šesnić ; Identity, bodies, and second-generation returnees in West Africa / Erin Kenny ; What is an autobiographical author : becoming the other / Julian Vigo ; Transnational identity mappings in Andrea Levy's fiction / Șebnem Toplu -- Redefining family. The personal, the political, and the complexity of identity : some thoughts on mothering / May Friedman ; Mothers on the move : experiences of Indonesian women migrant workers / Theresa W. Devasahayam and Noor Abdul Rahman ; From Changowitz to Bailey Wong : mixed heritage and transnational families in Gish Jen's fiction / Lan Dong ; Tug of war : the gender dynamics of parenting in a bi/transnational family / Katrin Krǐz and Uday Manandhar.

ISBN

• 9781442642973
• 1442642971
• 9781442611603
• 144261160X

LCCN

2011414219

OCLC

• ocn693814379
• 693814379
• SCSB-8807666

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library