Telling diaspora stories: theoretical and methodological reflections on narratives of migrancy and belongingness in the second generation

Christou, Anastasia (2009) Telling diaspora stories: theoretical and methodological reflections on narratives of migrancy and belongingness in the second generation. Migration Letters, 6 (2). pp. 143-153. ISSN 1741-8984

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Abstract

This article explores the theoretical and methodological implications of the study of second generation migration through the use of life stories, a narra-tive and biographical approach. It presents a theoretical contextualisation of life history research in addressing the direction it has taken in the study of mi-gration and identity in order to problematise how the subject and subjectivities in narrative research have been framed by social categorisations such as gender, ethnicity, class as well as social experiences such as trauma, exile, memory and imagination. The paper develops the analytical contribution of researching the biographicity of everyday migrant lives.

Item Type: Article
Schools and Departments: School of Global Studies > Geography
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) > G0001 Geography (General)
Depositing User: Anastasia Christou
Date Deposited: 06 Feb 2012 15:21
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2012 08:30
URI: http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/11845
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