Migration and Identity

by Skotnes,Andor

• ISBN13: 9781412804646
• ISBN10: 1412804647
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-04-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The theme of Migration and Identity is of special concern at a time both of massive worldwide migration and of apparently intensifying national, ethnic, and racial confliicts. Problems of migration and the resulting reconfigurations of social identity are fundamental issues for the twenty-first century. This volume spans the whole complex global web of migratory patterns with contributions linking Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, without losing the particularities of local and personal experience.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Transaction Edition	vii
Rina Benmayor
Andor Skotnes
List of Contributors	xi
Some Reflections on Migration and Identity	1	(18)
Rina Benmayor
Andor Skotnes
In Search of Safe Haven: Exile, Immigration, and Identity	19	(16)
Ivan Jaksic
The Apple and the Olive Tree: Exile, Sojourners, and Tourists in the University	35	(18)
Francesca Battisti
Alessandro Portelli
The Senegalese Immigrants in Bari: What Happens When the Africans Peer Back	53	(16)
Dorothy Louise Zinn
On Becoming a Citizen: The Story of Dona Marlene	69	(16)
Evelina Dagnino
Identity, Racism, and Multiculturalism: Chinese-Australian Responses	85	(16)
Janis Wilton
Ethiopian Jews Encounter Israel: Narratives of Migration and the Problem of Identity	101	(18)
Gadi Ben-Ezer
Family and Identity: Barbadian Migrants to Britain	119	(18)
Mary Chamberlain
Puerto Rican Women: Migration and Changes in Gender Roles	137	(14)
Elizabeth Crespo
Identity and Gender in the Mexican-American Testimonio: The Life and Narrative of Frances Esquivel Tywoniak	151	(16)
Mario T. Garcia
Central American Refugee Testimonies and Performed Life Histories in the Sanctuary Movement	167	(16)
William Westerman
Between Identities	183
Homi Bhabha
Paul Thompson