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Family, Story, and Identity

Migrant Women Living with Ambivalence

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Authors:
  1. Senem Mallman

    1. La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

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  • Offers a unique exploration of migrants’ descendants who may have no tangible memory or connection to their pre-migration heritage
  • Evocatively and engagingly written; combining personal and societal story and analysis.
  • Timely contribution given current interest in the second generation and more broadly with ethnic identity
  • Provides a valuable means to look at how ethnicity matters to people differently at different stages of their lives

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Senem Mallman
    Pages 1-17

  3. Being on the Outside

    • Senem Mallman
    Pages 19-54

  4. Stories

    • Senem Mallman
    Pages 55-88

  5. The Prince

    • Senem Mallman
    Pages 89-102

  6. Changing Perspectives

    • Senem Mallman
    Pages 103-121

  7. The Newlyweds

    • Senem Mallman
    Pages 123-131

  8. People and Place

    • Senem Mallman
    Pages 133-156

  9. The Angel

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    Pages 157-164

  10. Conclusion

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    Pages 165-169

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 171-198
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About this book

How do second-generation migrant women connect with their cultural heritage when ethnic ties have been weak or absent for most of their lives? Family, Story and Identity presents the life stories of twenty women of various ethnicities, analysis of published autobiographies, as well as autoethnographic accounts of the author’s experiences, to show how stories connect adult children of immigrants with their cultural heritage. The collecting of stories comes in various forms and can include brief visits to ancestral homelands, documenting family histories and genealogies, and gathering stories, folktales, and recipes. Senem Mallman found that, as adults, many children of immigrants actively seek out family histories and stories in order to connect with their cultural heritage and with their parents, and to pass this knowledge on to their own children. She argues that seeking out stories enables the second-generation to find a place within their family narrative. This pursuit of stories leads them toward developing new perspectives about their culture, family and life in Australia, and new ways of living with their cultural ambivalence.

Authors and Affiliations

  • La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

    Senem Mallman

About the author

Senem Mallman is a social science researcher in Melbourne, Australia. She has a PhD in anthropology from La Trobe University.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Family, Story, and Identity

  • Book Subtitle: Migrant Women Living with Ambivalence

  • Authors: Senem Mallman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1915-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-1914-3Published: 22 September 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4703-0Published: 02 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-1915-0Published: 10 September 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 198

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Human Geography, Migration, Social Anthropology, Sociology, general, Culture and Gender

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