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Record Nr.

UNINA9910350285903321

Autore

Mallman Senem

Titolo

Family, Story, and Identity [[electronic resource] ] : Migrant Women Living with Ambivalence / / by Senem Mallman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

981-13-1915-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 pages)

Disciplina

304.808209049

Soggetti

Human Geography

Migration

Ethnology

Culture

Gender

Social Anthropology

Sociology, general

Culture and Gender

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Being on the Outside -- Chapter 3 Stories -- Chapter 4 The Prince -- Chapter 5 Changing Perspectives -- Chapter 6 The Newlyweds -- Chapter 7 People and Place -- Chapter 8 The Angel -- Chapter 9 Conclusion -- Appendix: Biography of Participants.

Sommario/riassunto

How do second-generation migrant women connect with their cultural heritage when ethnic ties have been weak or absent for most of their lives? Family, Story and Identity presents the life stories of twenty women of various ethnicities, analysis of published autobiographies, as well as autoethnographic accounts of the author’s experiences, to show how stories connect adult children of immigrants with their cultural heritage. The collecting of stories comes in various forms and can include brief visits to ancestral homelands, documenting family histories and genealogies, and gathering stories, folktales, and recipes. Senem Mallman found that, as adults, many children of immigrants



actively seek out family histories and stories in order to connect with their cultural heritage and with their parents, and to pass this knowledge on to their own children. She argues that seeking out stories enables the second-generation to find a place within their family narrative. This pursuit of stories leads them toward developing new perspectives about their culture, family and life in Australia, and new ways of living with their cultural ambivalence.