Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/56850
Title: | Diaspora as Practice for Young Migrants |
Contributor(s): | Volpe, Catherine Rita (author) |
Publication Date: | 2023-11-23 |
DOI: | 10.1108/978-1-83797-146-620231016 |
Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/56850 |
Abstract: | | A focus on how visual cultures in domestic spaces influence older migrants' identification with the homeland has been noted in previous research,1 yet migrant youth have not typically been the sole subjects of investigation in this regard. This chapter seeks to fill this gap by offering insight into the practices of young Indian women in domestic spaces and how these practices influence their sense of belonging to India. This chapter highlights the practices of young Indian women living in Brisbane, Australia, through an exploration into how the young women recreate their histories and cultural attachments in domestic spaces. The research presented in this chapter illustrates the processes of emotional attachment for young migrants and how these processes demonstrate new ways of practising diaspora, including the use of the internet to learn about their cultural histories. With the use of PhotoVoice, where photographs were retrieved from mobile phones and the internet, the participants discussed their everyday lives relating to their emotional attachments to material objects in domestic spaces and the connection to their identities. This chapter's main argument is to highlight the need for researchers to avoid the tendency to place young migrants into the same diasporic categories as their parents and to recognise the diverse ways in which young migrants actively shape their own cultural attachments.
Publication Type: | Book Chapter |
Source of Publication: | Migrations and Diasporas: Struggling Between Inclusion and Exclusion, p. 253-271 |
Publisher: | Emerald Publishing Limited |
Place of Publication: | United Kingdom |
ISBN: | 9781837971466 9781837971473 9781837971480 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 440601 Cultural geography 440502 Feminist methodologies 440303 Migration |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 230105 Citizenship and national identity 230108 Gender and sexualities |
HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book |
Series Name: | Emerald Interdisciplinary Connexions |
Editor: | Editor(s): William Arrocha and Elena Xeni |
Appears in Collections: | Book Chapter School of Education
|
Files in This Item:
1 files
Show full item record