Homebound :: diaspora spaces and selves in Greek American return narratives /

"Home is where the heart is"--But where is the heart of the daughter or the grandson of a Greek immigrant living in the United States? In the American imagination, immigration ends with the successful integration into American culture and society. Yet, the routes of immigration are not str...

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1. Verfasser: Kindinger, Evangelia (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, [2015]
Schriftenreihe:American Studies - A Monograph Series.
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Zusammenfassung:"Home is where the heart is"--But where is the heart of the daughter or the grandson of a Greek immigrant living in the United States? In the American imagination, immigration ends with the successful integration into American culture and society. Yet, the routes of immigration are not straight, but circular. The home outside America appeals to immigrants and their descendants. It inspires them to return and not to stay put. Returnees keep moving back and forth between homes, creating diaspora spaces in which they cultivate transnational ties. In this volume, for the first time, autobiographi.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (224 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:3825375056
9783825375058