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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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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. |
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| 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 |