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Growing up transnational : identity and kinship in a global era /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Friedman, May, 1975-, Schultermandl, Silvia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Redefining self. Transnational Rio de Janeiro : (Re)visiting geographical experiences / Alan P. Marcus ; When Russia came to stay / Lea Povozhaev ; "Neither the end of the world nor the beginning" : transnational identity politics in Lisa Suhair Majaj's self-writing / Silvia Schultermandl ; Identity and belonging among second-generation Greek and Italian Canadian women / Noula Papayiannis ; Time and space in the life of Pierre S. Weiss : autoethnographic engagements with memory and trans/dis/location / Samuel Veissière
  • Redefining nation. Contemporary Croatian film and the new social economy / Jelena S̆esnić ; Identity, bodies, and second-generation returnees in West Africa / Erin Kenny ; What is an autobiographical author : becoming the other / Julian Vigo ; Transnational identity mappings in Andrea Levy's fiction / sebnem Toplu
  • Redefining family. The personal, the political, and the complexity of identity : some thoughts on mothering / May Friedman ; Mothers on the move : experiences of Indonesian women migrant workers / Theresa W. Devasahayam and Noor Abdul Rahman ; From Changowitz to Bailey Wong : mixed heritage and transnational families in Gish Jen's fiction / Lan Dong ; Tug of war : the gender dynamics of parenting in a bi/transnational family / Katrin Krĭz and Uday Manandhar.