Women of the diaspora : generational transformations /

Women of the Diaspora: Generational Transformations offers fresh insights into the experiences of women who migrated in the aftermath of World War Two. The contributors examine migration not just as a geographical shift but as a deeply economic, psychological, and intercultural journey--one that pro...

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Other Authors: Gindidis, Maria (Editor), Southcott, Jane (Editor), Wake, Rose (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.
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Summary:Women of the Diaspora: Generational Transformations offers fresh insights into the experiences of women who migrated in the aftermath of World War Two. The contributors examine migration not just as a geographical shift but as a deeply economic, psychological, and intercultural journey--one that profoundly reshaped women's identities and understandings of ethnicity. The volume also explores the lives of the next generation--daughters of diasporic migrants--whose experiences are shaped by a constant negotiation between the cultural traditions of their parents and the values of their new homelands.
Item Description:Chapter 1: Women of the Diaspora: Generational Transformations by Jane Southcott Chapter 2: Intergenerational Trauma, Learnings and Resilience: Vietnamese Women in Australia by Nathalie Huyhn Chao Nguyen Chapter 3: "Diasporic Women and Cultural Enclaves": An Acculturation Lens on Inhabiting and Traversing Diverse Sites by Reshmi Lahiri-Roy and Nicola Sum Chapter 4: Immigrant Mother, Writer Daughter: Disparate Stories Entwined by Lena Pasqua Chapter 5: Autoethnography of a Tattoo: The Impact of Migration on a Sicilian Female Left Behind by Angela Princiotto Chapter 6: A Gold Bracelet: Links of Liberation by Maria Gindidis Chapter 7: I Am and I Am Not My Mother by Rose Wake Chapter 8: Storying Distance: Lived Experiences of Post War Second Generation Italian Australian Middle-Aged Women by Teresa Capetola Chapter 9: Ascolta! Intergenerational Stories of Challenges and Resilience by Teresa Capetola, Luci Callipari Marcuzzo, Fortunata Callipari, Annamaria Paolino, Katrina Lolicato, Jemana Stellato Pledger, and Maria Pallotta Chiarolli Chapter 10: Backyard Reckonings: Colonizer/Colonized Crossings and Reckonings in an Italian-Australian Women's Backyard by Maria Pallotti-Chiarolli Chapter 11: African Women's Constructions of Feminisms in the Diaspora: An Ethnographic Study of Identity Negotiation across Cultures by Gloria Pindi Nziba Chapter 12: Conclusions and Provocations by Rose Wake and Jane Southcott Index About the Editors About the Contributors
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9798881898212 (electronic bk.)
9781978759503
1978759509
9798216268383