LEADER 03847oam 22006854a 450 001 9910807448003321 005 20211004152856.0 010 $a0-87071-919-X 035 $a(CKB)4100000011244021 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6191492 035 $a(OCoLC)1153896094 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_83963 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011244021 100 $a20180228d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHoming Instincts$fDionisia Morales 210 1$aCorvallis$cOregon State University Press$d2018 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 155 pages) 311 $a0-87071-918-1 330 $a"A collection of essays exploring the concepts of moving and resettling, belonging to a place, migrating and being a newcomer" 330 $a"As a native New Yorker who now calls Oregon home, Dionisia Morales knows how moving and resettling can spark an identity crisis relative to geography, family, and tradition. The essays collected in Homing Instincts explore how Morales's conception of home plays out in her daily life, as she navigates the gap between where she is and the stories she tells herself about where she belongs. Although Morales migrated from one North American coast to another, the questions she raises are relevant to migrations of any scale and place, whether across town or around the world. What does it mean to be a newcomer? Who has the right to claim a sense of place? What is gained or lost when we try to fit in? In a world where people are migrating more than ever for social, economic, personal, and political reasons, these questions take on a new urgency. A wife and mother as well as a professional writer and editor, Morales writes with grace and resolve about a broad range of topics, including pregnancy, people watching, rock climbing, and bee colony collapse. She channels a spirit of adventure and adaptability while acknowledging how certain habits and mindsets are indelibly ingrained and are--like it or not--forever part of where, what, and who we call home. As issues of migration and social integration play out in national and international politics, Morales provides a personal lens through which readers can appreciate that at one time or another we have all been in the process of arriving. Homing Instincts is a remarkable debut from a gifted prose stylist. It will be warmly received by lovers of the essay form and anyone who has sought, or still seeks, a place to call home" 606 $aWomen authors, American$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01177210 606 $aPlace attachment$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01743268 606 $aMigration, Internal$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01020741 606 $aIdentity (Psychology)$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00966892 606 $aHomes$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01353235 606 $aHome$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00959074 606 $aIdentity (Psychology) 606 $aPlace attachment 606 $aMigration, Internal$zUnited States 606 $aHome 606 $aWomen authors, American$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$2fast 608 $aBiographies. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen authors, American 615 0$aPlace attachment 615 0$aMigration, Internal 615 0$aIdentity (Psychology) 615 0$aHomes 615 0$aHome 615 0$aIdentity (Psychology) 615 0$aPlace attachment. 615 0$aMigration, Internal 615 0$aHome. 615 0$aWomen authors, American 676 $a814.6 686 $aLCO010000$aBIO026000$2bisacsh 700 $aMorales$b Dionisia$4aut$01651446 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807448003321 996 $aHoming Instincts$94001406 997 $aUNINA