Doing Family in Second-Generation British Migration Literature

Corinna Assmann

Corinna Assmann

Doing Family in Second-Generation British Migration Literature

In: Media and Cultural Memory / Medien und kulturelle Erinnerung, 25

De Gruyter | 2018

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110605082

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Due to the large-scale global transformations of the 20th century, migration literature has become a vibrant genre over the last decades. In these novels, issues of transcultural identity and belonging naturally feature prominently. This study takes a closer look at the ways in which the idea of family informs processes of identity construction. It explores changing roles and meanings of the diasporic family as well as intergenerational family relations in a migration setting in order to identify the specific challenges, problems, and possibilities that arise in this context. This book builds on insights from different fields of family research (e.g. sociology, psychology, communication studies, memory studies) to provide a conceptual framework for the investigation of synchronic and diachronic family constellations and connections. The approach developed in this study not only sheds new light on contemporary British migration literature but can also prove fruitful for analyses of families in literature more generally. By highlighting the relevance and multifaceted nature of doing family, this study also offers new perspectives for transcultural memory studies.

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Corinna Assmann, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	I
Acknowledgements Corinna Assmann Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	V
Contents Free access PDF PDF	VII
1. Introduction: Family Matters in Contemporary British Migration Literature Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	1
2. Family Practices and Cultures of Relatedness Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	20
3. Uncovering Family History: The Intergenerational Construction of Identity through Family Memory Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	81
4. Family Secrets and Religious Conflict in the Muslim Diaspora Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	141
5. Family Memoirs: Relational Life Writing Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	188
6. Four Topoi of ‘Doing Family’: Food, Home, Photography, and the Body Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	235
Works Cited Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	263
Index Access restricted Content is available PDF PDF	285

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