Contesting Familial Bonds: (Af)filiative Relationships in Pakistani Anglophone Writing

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (I) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Aroosa Kanwal
Keyword(s):  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Host Culture ◽  
Migrant Families ◽  
Familial Bonds ◽  
Pakistani Immigrants ◽  
Culture Of Origin ◽  
Pakistani Families

Following Edward Said’s theorization of filiation and affiliation, this paper maps transformative itineraries of second-generation Pakistani immigrants in Britain who negotiate their personal identities on the basis of choice and affiliation instead of filiation. I argue that, as a result of the changing relationships of migrant parents with their British-born children, either because of a clash between nostalgia for the culture of origin and the host culture, between racial discrimination or the changing social structures of multicultural Britain, familial bonds within Pakistani families in Britain are severely affected. In other words, public or “external debates” in the diaspora, that Ralph Grillo describes as migrants’ imagined cultural practices, interact with internal debates that occur within migrant families. Against this backdrop, I explore the tensions, informed by a filiation-affiliation dialectic, that exist between first and second generations and the way these affect the personal struggles of an embittered anglicized Asian second generation and dramatize the metaphorical birth of a subject outside the confines of the familial order.

Diasporic Subjectivities: A Study of the Second-generation Immigrant in Hiromi Goto’s Chorous of Mushrooms

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (01) ◽  
pp. 128-139
Author(s):  
Nagendra Bahadur Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Host Culture ◽  
Cultural Negotiation ◽  
Generation Immigrant ◽  
Cultural Spaces

This article analyses the formation of the hybrid and multiple subjectivities of the second-generation immigrant Murasaki in Hiromi Goto’s Chorus of Mushrooms. In diaspora, Murasaki simultaneously vacillates in the cultural spaces of her homeland Japan and host land Canada. She follows cultural practices of both cultural spaces in her cultural negotiation in the diaspora. Her simultaneous vacillations in two cultural spaces render hybridity and multiplicities in her subjectivities that deconstruct bipolar notion of home and host culture. Moreover, her subjectivities involve in a constant process of formation and reformation undermining the notion of stability and consistency.Murasaki’s evolving subjectivity is analyzed through Stuart Hall’s notion of cultural identity and Homi Bhabha’s postulation of third space in this study.

scholarly journals Reinventing Cultural Identities in Diaspora: A Mother-Daughter Dyad in Tan's Narratives

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 261-272
Author(s):  
Nagendra Bahadur Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Third Space ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Chinese Immigrant ◽  
Two Cultures ◽  
Host Culture ◽  
Immigrant Mothers ◽  
Second Generation Immigrants

Immigrants suffer problematic cultural identities due to their bicultural allegiances to their host and native cultures. They can not be totally free from their ‘being’, the shared cultural and historical experiences. As a result, they follow their cultural practices of native country even in their diasporic existences. At the same time, they adopt and follow the cultural practices of the host country. In fact, they are living in the cultural third space simultaneously oscillating between two cultures. In such cultural in-between’s, the first generation and the second generation immigrants undergo different experience in diaspora. In this article, Chinese American writer Amy Tan’s two fictions namely The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter’s Daughter are analyzed focusing on cultural identities of second generation immigrants. The second generation in these narratives is the daughters of Chinese immigrant mothers. Their relationship with their mothers unfolds their simultaneous attraction and distraction to the both native and host culture. Consequently, their cultural identities remain unstable, blurred and in the processes of transformation in the cultural third space of diaspora.  

Germanness or Rights? Second Generation Young Adults and Citizenship in Contemporary Germany

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Williams
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
National Origin ◽  
National Belonging ◽  
Citizenship Status ◽  
Transnational Ties ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Adult Immigrants

Scholarship on citizenship-in its definition as nationality or formal membership in the state-has been both the basis for evaluating and comparing national citizenships as "ethnocultural" or "civic," and used to imply the meaning of citizenship to prospective citizens, particularly immigrants and non-citizen residents. Doing so ignores a perspective on citizenship "from below," and oversimplifies the multiplicity of meanings that individuals may attach to citizenship. This article seeks to fill this gap in scholarship by examining young adult second-generation descendants of immigrants in Germany. The second generation occupies a unique position for examining the meaning of citizenship, based on the fact that they were born and grew up in Germany, and are thus more likely than adult immigrants to be able to become citizens as well as to claim national belonging to Germany. Among the varied meanings of citizenship are rights-based understandings, which are granted to some non-citizens and not others, as well as identitarian meanings which may depend on everyday cultural practices as well as national origin. Importantly, these meanings of citizenship are not arbitrary among the second generation; citizenship status and gender appear to inform understandings of citizenship, while national origin and transnational ties appear to be less significant for the meaning of citizenship.

Ballad for Incarcerated Americans: Second Generation Japanese American Musicking in World War II Camps

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARTA ROBERTSON
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Classical Music ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Government ◽  
Japanese Americans ◽  
Japanese American ◽  
World War ◽  
American Popular Music

AbstractDuring World War II, the United States government imprisoned approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were American-born citizens, half of whom were children. Through ethnographic interviews I explore how fragile youthful memories, trauma, and the soundscape of the War Relocation Authority (WRA) Incarceration Camps shaped the artistic trajectories of three such former “enemy alien” youth: two pianists and a koto player. Counterintuitively, Japanese traditional arts flourished in the hostile environment of dislocation through the high number ofnisei(second generation) participants, who later contributed to increasing transculturalism in American music following resettlement out of camp. Synthesizing Japanese and Euro-American classical music, white American popular music, and African American jazz, manyniseiparadoxically asserted their dual cultural commitment to both traditional Japanese and home front patriotic American principles. A performance of Earl Robinson and John Latouche's patriotic cantata,Ballad for Americans(1939), by the high school choir at Manzanar Incarceration Camp demonstrates the hybridity of these Japanese American cultural practices. Marked by Popular Front ideals,Ballad for Americansallowedniseito construct identities through a complicated mixture of ethnic pride, chauvinistic white Americanism allied with Bing Crosby's recordings of theBallad, and affiliation with black racial struggle through Paul Robeson's iconicBalladperformances.

scholarly journals Dementia and migration: Pakistani immigrants in the Norwegian welfare state

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 1713-1738 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDERS NÆSS ◽  
BJØRG MOEN
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Public Care ◽  
Biomedical Intervention ◽  
Pakistani Immigrants ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Care Culture ◽  
Health Care Culture ◽  
Pakistani Families

ABSTRACTThis article is about dementia disease in the context of transnational migration. Focusing on the example of Pakistani immigrants in Norway, the article explores response processes surrounding signs and symptoms of dementia. Particular attention is lent to understanding how Norwegian-Pakistani families ‘negotiate dementia’ in the space between their own imported, culturally defined system of cure and care, and the Norwegian health-care culture, which is characterised by an inclination towards public care and biomedical intervention. Based on field observations and in-depth interviews with Norwegian-Pakistani families and hospital professionals working with dementia, we show that the centrality of the traditional family in Norwegian-Pakistanis' identity claims has significant implications for how Norwegian-Pakistanis relate to the Norwegian health-care culture, and for how signs and symptoms of cognitive decline are read and responded to in a migratory context.

West Point Market: Managing a Challenge from the EEOC

2001 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-88
Author(s):  
Todd A. Finkle ◽  
Robert A. Figler ◽  
Kenneth A. Dunning
Keyword(s):  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ◽  
Equal Employment Opportunity ◽  
Employment Opportunity ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
West Point ◽  
Governmental Agencies

Russell Vernon, a second-generation owner and manager of West Point Market in Akron, Ohio, must decide whether to settle, go to court, or reconcile (mutually agreeable solution) with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on an allegation of racial discrimination. He firmly believes that he is innocent. If he chooses to reconcile or settle the case out of court, he could be construed as a racist. If he chooses to go to court and loses, he may lose his family business. This emotionally charged situation is presented as a management decision that must be based on an analysis of the facts. The case is especially interesting due to the perceptions that students have of “the role of governmental agencies” and “the use of racial-based quotas in the workforce.”

Family Obligation Fulfillment Among Southeast Asian American Young Adults

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 1355-1383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica M. Trieu
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Parental Expectations ◽  
Children Of Immigrants ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Family Obligations ◽  
Family Obligation ◽  
And Behaviors

Recent studies have shown that particular groups of second-generation Asian Americans exhibit high rates of fulfilling their family obligations. Drawing on 50 in-depth interviews with second-generation Vietnamese and Chinese Vietnamese young adults in Southern California, this article highlights a previously overlooked factor in family obligation literature: the influence that parental expectations have on children of immigrants’ family obligation sentiments and behaviors. There are four behavioral types that emerged from the data: expected contributors, unexpected contributors, expected noncontributors, and unexpected noncontributors. An analysis of the different types reveals that parental expectations—born from structural circumstances of economic need and ethnic cultural practices—influence respondents’ attitudes and behaviors toward fulfilling these financial family obligations. I conclude with implications for future research on family obligation behaviors among the children of immigrants.

Intertwined Immersion: The Development of Chinese Buddhist Master Costumes as an Example

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.L. Cu Si
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Pluralism ◽  
Environmental Characteristics ◽  
Host Culture ◽  
Hybrid Product ◽  
Culture Of Origin

Cultural pluralism and diversity give rise to debates on conflicts and inclusiveness. Scholars largely investigate how people manage their culture of origin within their host culture, and how the host culture helps them adapt to the changes they experience within their new environment. However, both cultures can merge peacefully and the involved cultures can flourish as a result. The evolvement of jiasha, the attire of Chinese Buddhist masters, illustrates intertwined immersion, in which traditional Chinese (domestic) and Buddhist (imported) cultures show their openness, tolerance, and acceptance to foreign cultures. Finally, while maintaining the significance of Indian Buddhist clothing, jiasha has adopted Chinese dress style, incorporating local cultural and environmental characteristics. This manifests great respect for both traditional Chinese and Buddhist cultures, harmoniously achieving this hybrid product that mutually rejuvenates and enriches native and foreign cultures.

The children and their parents: Changing spatial belongings among migrants’ generations

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deniz Aşkın
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Intergenerational Relations ◽  
Host Culture ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract   This study aims to analyze the process of changing spatial belongings of migrants’ generations. The First generation who moved out from Eastern and Southeastern of Turkey haven’t cut their communication with their hometown. On the contrary, they have built new belonging relations with the host culture. This is the exact opposite of the second generation. The second generation, who are children of the first generation, have built sense of belonging to İnegöl where they live. Also the second generation have prevented their parents from returning to their hometown. It shows that children and their parents have been living in the different worlds although they live in the same homes. This study has been conducted on migrants living in Huzur Neighborhood, İnegöl, Bursa. Empirically, I conducted in depth interviews and focus groups discussions with 30 migrants to capture the changing spatial belongings of the two generations of migrants. Keywords: Construction of Identity, Kurdish Migrants, Intergenerational relations, Turkey.

scholarly journals Mental disorders among young adults of immigrant background: a nationwide register study in Norway

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karoline Anette Ekeberg ◽  
Dawit Shawel Abebe
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Psychiatric Diagnosis ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
General Pattern ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Immigrant Background ◽  
Generation Immigrant ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
Pakistani Immigrants

Abstract Purpose Previous research indicates increased risk of various mental disorders in immigrant populations, particularly for schizophrenia and PTSD. However, findings are inconclusive due to variations in contextual factors, characteristics of immigrant groups and study design. Our study aims to investigate prevalence differences of receiving an ICD-10 psychiatric diagnosis between 2008 and 2016 among four first-generation immigrant groups and one second-generation immigrant group compared to ethnic Norwegians. Methods Linked register data from the Norwegian Patient Registry and Statistics Norway were utilised. The sample (age 18–35) comprises 758,774 ethnic Norwegians, 61,124 immigrants originating from Poland, Somalia, Iran and Pakistan and 4630 s-generation Pakistani immigrants. Age- and gender-adjusted binary logistic regression models were applied. Results The odds of schizophrenia were significantly elevated for all groups except for Poles. The highest odds were observed for second-generation Pakistani immigrants (adjusted OR 2.72, 95% CI 2.21–3.35). For PTSD, the odds were significantly increased for Somalis (aOR 1.31, 95% CI 1.11–1.54), second-generation Pakistani immigrants (aOR 1.37, 95% CI 1.11–1.70), and in particular for Iranians (aOR 3.99, 95% CI 3.51–4.54). While Iranians showed similar or higher odds of receiving the vast majority of psychiatric diagnoses, the remaining groups showed lower or similar odds compared to ethnic Norwegians. Conclusion Our findings suggest considerable prevalence differences in receiving a psychiatric diagnosis according to country of origin and generational status compared to ethnic Norwegian controls. The general pattern was lower prevalence of most ICD-10 mental disorders for the majority of immigrant groups compared to ethnic Norwegians, except for schizophrenia and PTSD.

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