"That's Still Home": Constructing Second-Generation Place Attachment and Place Identity via Time Work

This article argues that nativity talk and post-displacement interaction talk are key time-work mechanisms through which 1.5- and second-generation Louisiana migrants construct place identity and place attachment. Examining in-depth interviews with 22 1.5.- and second-generation Great Migration-era Louisiana migrants, the article empirically demonstrates the process that participants use to construct narratives of place attachment and place identity in terms of (1) associations with home, (2) a lack of substitutability, and (3) pride in place. The two mechanisms have implications for understanding how both international and internal migrants engage in time work to connect with their homelands.