The theme of Migration and Identity is of special concern at a
time both of massive worldwide migration and of apparently
intensifying national, ethnic, and racial conflicts. Problems of
migration and the resulting reconfigurations of social identity are
fundamental issues for the twenty-first century. This volume spans
the whole complex global web of migratory patterns with
contributions linking Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and
South America, without losing the particularities of local and
personal experience.
This paperback edition in the Memory and Narrative series
explores these issues and the sustaining or abandoning of memory
and identity as people move between fundamentally different
cultures, in a number of recent social settings, from a number of
methodological perspectives. These focused "case studies" offer
glimpses into the interior migration experiences, into the
processes of constructing and reconstructing identity without
forgetting that, both theoretically and empirically, the problem of
identity is complex and multifaceted. All of the essays rely
heavily on oral history and personal testimony, highlighting the
experience of individuals and small groups, without ignoring the
tension that exists between the local and the global.
Memories of oppression or totalitarianism are one of the driving
forces behind some of these migrations; and the transmission of
memories and myths between family generations is one of the ways in
which migrations are interpreted. In looking both backward and
forward, Migration and Identity, offers an acute view of migratory
patterns and their impact on the newcomers and the local cultures.
It will be of interest to cultural and oral historians and
researchers of concerned with migration and integration.
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