Click and kin : transnational identity and quick media / edited by May Friedman and Silvia Schultermandl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedman, May, 1975- author, editor.

Schultermandl, Silvia, author, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transborder ethnic groups--Social conditions.

Transborder ethnic groups.

Transnationalism--Social aspects.

Transnationalism.

Kinship--Social aspects.

Kinship.

Social media.

Families.

Identity politics.

Feminist theory.

Social aspects.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xiii, 248 pages : illustration ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2016.

Summary:

"In our global era, conceptions and experiences of identity, nationality, personhood, and family are in flux, yet many of the ways that lives are lived, and the stereotypes and cultural imperialism that provide a framework for postmodern life, presume fixed characteristics that allow for an easy response to difficult questions. Growing Up Transnational challenges the assumptions behind this fixed framework while looking 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 such as gender studies, queer studies, postcolonial theory, and literary theory, the volume addresses the concept of hybridity and the tangible implications of assumed identities. The rich personal narratives of the authors examine 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."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Between the Individual and an Imagined Community

1 "I Talk, to My Family in Mexico but I Don't Know Them": Undocumented Young Adults Negotiate Belonging in the United States through Conversations with Mexico / Laura E. Enriquez Enriquez, Laura E. 27

2 "Learning and Practising Democracy": Digital Diasporas and Negotiating a Transnational Civil Society / M. Tina Zarpour Zarpour, M. Tina 48

3 Negotiating Womanhood and South Asian Nationalisms: Blurring Borders and Identities in Social Media / Aparajita De De, Aparajita, Shekh Moinuddin Moinuddin, Shekh 74

Shaping Identities

4 Queering "Web" Families: Cultural Kinship through Lesbian Web Series / Julia Obermayr Obermayr, Julia 97

5 Literary Letters and IMs: American Epistolary Novels as Regulatory Fictions / Silvia Schultermandl Schultermandl, Silvia 118

Cyber-Alternatives to Lived Identities

6 Digital Diasporic Experiences in Digital Queer Spaces / Ahmet Atay Atay, Ahmet 139

7 Claiming Ourselves as "Korean": Accounting for Adoptees within the Korean Diaspora in the United States / Kimberly McKee McKee, Kimberly 159

Disembodied Connections

8 Shifting Terrain: Exploring the History of Communication through the Communication of My History / May Friedman Friedman, May 183

9 Love Knows No Bounds: (Re)Defining Ambivalent Physical Boundaries and Kinship in the World of ICTs / Isabella Ng Ng, Isabella 197

10 The Internet Is Not a River: Space, Movement, and Relationality in a Wired World / Samuel Veissière Veissière, Samuel 214.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781487500009

1487500009

9781487519964

1487519966

OCLC:

927381865