“The volume could easily be incorporated into migration studies courses that focus on the complexity of migration phenomena. All ten articles provide good avenues for classroom discussions, while motivating scholars to continue rebooting currently used terminology because ‘just as we find new ways to conceptualize ourselves in our ever-changing world, we will also find ways to recognize each other’ … .” (Dorottya Nagy, Nordic Journal of Migration Research, Vol. 7 (2), June, 2017)<p></p>
The concept of Third Culture Kids is often used to describe people who have spent their childhood on the move, living in many different countries and languages. This book examines the hype, relevance and myths surrounding the concept while also redefining it within a broader study of transnationality to demonstrate the variety of stories involved.
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The concept of Third Culture Kids is often used to describe people who have spent their childhood on the move, living in many different countries and languages. This book examines the hype, relevance and myths surrounding the concept while also redefining it within a broader study of transnationality to demonstrate the variety of stories involved.
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Introduction; Saija Benjamin and Fred Dervin PART I: MULTI-MOBILITY - MIXING THE GLOBAL AND THE LOCAL 1. Towards an Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Diversity of 'Third Culture Kids'; Danau Tanu 2. Conceptualising Four Ecological Influences on Contemporary 'Third Culture Kids'; Donna Velliaris 3. Boundaries and the Restriction of Mobility within Expatriate International School Communities: A Case Study from Germany; Heather Meyer PART II: MIGRANT CHILDREN: BELONGING OR LONGING TO BELONG? 4. Non-Place Kids? Marc Augé's Non-Place and Third Culture Kids; Christian Triebel 5. NatioNILism: The Space of Nation-less Belonging; Joanna Yoshi Grote 6. Talking About 'Home': Immigrant Narratives as Context for TCKs; Nicolas Le Bigre 7. 'Third Culture Kids' As Serial Migrants' Children: Understanding Some of the Impacts of a Highly Mobile Transnational Upbringing; Gabrielle Désilets PART III: BEING AND BECOMING IN TRANSITION: RUPTURES, CHANGES, COPING 8. Being Connected: A Friendship Comparison among U.S., International, and Third Culture College Students; Kyoung Mi Choi, Melissa Luke and Janine M. Bernard 9. Experiences of Polish and American Third Culture Kids; Agnieszka Tr?bka SECTION IV: MOBILITY AND BEYOND 10. Adventuring and Vagrancy: Justifying Location-Independence; Päivi Kannisto Afterword; Richard Pearce
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ISBN
9781137524652
Publisert
2015-07-08
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Palgrave Macmillan
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216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
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Research, P, 06
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Engelsk
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