Title: Growing Up Transnational: Identity and Kinship in a Global Era
Abstract: Acknowledgments Introduction: Growing Up Transnational: Identity and Family in a Global Era by May Friedman and Silvia Schultermandl PART ONE: Redefining One's Self * Transnational Rio de Janeiro: (Re) Visiting Geographical Experiences by Alan Patrick Marcus (towson University) * When Russia Came to Stay by Lea Povohaev (Lakeland Community College) *Neither the End of the World/ Nor the Beginning: Transnational Identity Politics in Lisa Suhair Majaj's Self-Writing by Silvia Schultermandl * Identity and Belonging among Second Generation Greek and Italian Canadian Women by Noula Mina (PhD cand., University of Toronto) * Time and Space in the Life of Pierre S. Weiss: Autoethnographic Engagements with Memory and Trans/Dis/Location by Samuel Veissière (University College of the North) PART TWO: Redefining the Nation * Contemporary Croatian Film and the New Social Economy by Jelena Sesnic (University of Zagreb) * Identity, Bodies, and Second Generation Returnees in West Africa by Erin Kenny (Drury University) * What is an Autobiographical Author?: Becoming the Other by Julian Vigo (Universite de Montreal) * Transnational Identity Mappings in Andrea Levy's Fiction by Sebnem Toplu (Ege University) PART THREE: Redefining the Family * The Personal, the Political, and the Complexity of Identity: Some Thoughts on Mothering by May Friedman * Mothers on the Move: Experiences of Indonesian Women Migrant Worker by Theresa W Devasahayam (Civil Service College, Singapore) and Noor Abdul Rahman (National University of Singapore) * From Changowitz and to Bailey Wong: Mixed Heritage and Transnational Families in Gish Jen's Fiction by Lan Dong (University of Illinois at Springfield) * Tug-o-War: The Gender Dynamics of Parenting in a Bi/Transnational Family by Katrin Kriz (Emmanuel College) and Uday Manandhar Notes References Contributors Index
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-02-19
Language: en
Type: book
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