Transnational families: memories and narratives

被引:71
作者
Chamberlain, M [1 ]
Leydesdorff, S
机构
[1] Oxford Brookes Univ, Dept Hist, Oxford OX3 0BP, England
[2] Univ Amsterdam, Belle Van Zuylen Inst, NL-1012 KX Amsterdam, Netherlands
来源
GLOBAL NETWORKS-A JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL AFFAIRS | 2004年 / 4卷 / 03期
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D O I
10.1111/j.1471-0374.2004.00090.x
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
030303 ;
摘要
This introduction to a special issue of the journal explores not only the role of memory and narratives in understanding gender and transnational families, but suggests how such families use and understand their memories to construct coherent narratives of the self and kin. In common with renewed thinking about the multifaceted nature of migration, the complexities of the process, and the continuing dialogue that migration establishes between the old and the new, the past and the present, those who engage with oral history/life story methods are increasingly aware that such data provide a 'value added' to rich empirical detail. These methods reveal the use of memory and its role in the continuing emotional adjustments in which most transnational experience is embroiled. They show how the multi-layering of memory, language and narratives are indicators of the ways in which culture shapes recall and recounting. Families themselves become sites of belonging, part of the imaginary unity through which a transnational family may seek its identity. Equally, oral histories can tease out ways in which gender differences impact on, or are impacted by, transnational lives. The introduction situates the subsequent articles within a brief overview of oral history and migration.
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页数:15
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