Accidental Immigrants and the Search for Home Women, Cultural Identity, and Community / Carol E. Kelley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelley, Carol E., 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transnationalism--Case studies.

Transnationalism.

Identity (Psychology)--Case studies.

Identity (Psychology).

Group identity--Case studies.

Group identity.

Ethnicity--Case studies.

Ethnicity.

Women immigrants--Case studies.

Women immigrants.

Immigrants--Cultural assimilation--Case studies.

Immigrants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The effect of immigration on individual lives is not short lived. Those who stay in an adopted country permanently go through a continual process of adjustment and learning both about their new country-and about themselves. The four women profiled in Carol Kelley's poignant Accidental Immigrants and the Search for Home challenge immigrant stereotypes as their lives are transformed by moving to new countries for reasons of marriage, education, or career--not economics or politics. The intimate stories of these ""accidental"" immigrants broaden conventional notions of home. F

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Approaching Home; I. Accidental Immigrants: From Roots to Routes; II. Transitions: Negotiating Identity in a New Culture; III. Turning Points: Realization, Transformation, and Commitment; IV. Lejanía Cercana: Living "Closely Far" from Home; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439909478

1439909474

9781299104259

1299104258

OCLC:

823722668