Growing Up Transnational : : Identity and Kinship in a Global Era / / May Friedman, Silvia Schultermandl.

• VerfasserIn: Friedman, May,; Schultermandl, Silvia,
• MitwirkendeR: Devasahayam, Theresa W.,; Dong, Lan,; Friedman, May,; Kenny, Erin,; Križ, Katrin,; Manandhar, Uday,; Marcus, Alan P.,; Papayiannis, Noula,; Povozhaev, Lea,; Rahman, Noor Abdul,; Schultermandl, Silvia,; Toplu, Șebnem,; Veissière, Samuel,; Vigo, Julian,; Šesnić, Jelena,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: REDEFINING SELF -- 1. Transnational Rio de Janeiro: (Re)visiting Geographical Experiences -- 2. When Russia Came to Stay -- 3. 'Neither the End of the World nor the Beginning': Transnational Identity Politics in Lisa Suhair Majaj's Self-Writing -- 4. Identity and Belonging among Second-Generation Greek and Italian Canadian Women -- 5. Time and Space in the Life of Pierre S. Weiss: Autoethnographic Engagements with Memory and Trans/Dis/Location -- PART TWO: REDEFINING NATION -- 6. Contemporary Croatian Film and the New Social Economy -- 7. Identity, Bodies, and Second-Generation Returnees in West Africa -- 8. What Is an Autobiographical Author? Becoming the Other -- 9. Transnational Identity Mappings in Andrea Levy's Fiction -- PART THREE: REDEFINING FAMILY -- 10. The Personal, the Political, and the Complexity of Identity: Some Thoughts on Mothering -- 11. Mothers on the Move: Experiences of Indonesian Women Migrant Workers -- 12. From Changowitz to Bailey Wong: Mixed Heritage and Transnational Families in Gish Jen's Fiction -- 13. Tug of War: The Gender Dynamics of Parenting in a Bi/Transnational Family -- Notes and Acknowledgments -- References -- Contributors