Greek islander migration to Australia since the 1950s : (re)discovering Limnian identity, belonging and home / Melissa N. Afentoulis.
Afentoulis, Melissa N., author.
2022
DU122.G7 A44 2022
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Title Greek islander migration to Australia since the 1950s : (re)discovering Limnian identity, belonging and home / Melissa N. Afentoulis.
Author Afentoulis, Melissa N., author.
ISBN 9783030856618 (electronic bk.)
3030856615 (electronic bk.)
9783030856601
3030856607
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85661-8
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-85661-8 doi
Call Number DU122.G7 A44 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.88/9094
Summary Illuminating the experiences of immigrants to Australia in the late twentieth century, this book uses oral history to explore how identity and belonging are shaped through migration. Between the 1950s and the 1970s, many inhabitants from the small Greek island of Limnos travelled to Australia to flee post-war devastation and economic disaster. With an emphasis on the lived experiences and memories of Limnians, the book sheds light on the emotional pain and trauma they felt as they were separated from their families and homeland. Moving away from more traditional outlooks on migration studies, this book emphasises the significance of ethno-regional identity, and analyses how it can bring strength and longevity to a constructed community. Both the roles of men and women within the Greek diaspora are examined, in the way that they made the difficult decision to leave their homeland, and subsequently how they came to nurture and build families within a new, evolving community. Looking beyond first-generation migration, the author analyses the pattern of return visits to Limnos by the descendants of migrants. Acting as a form of identity consolidation for second-generation migrants, this journey to the ancestral homeland highlights the fluidity of what it means to belong somewhere, and redefines the notion of home. The author provides an alternative perspective to traditional migration studies and reaffirms the importance of transnational identity. A unique and important addition to research, this book combines memory studies and oral narrative to analyse how identity and belonging can be shaped across borders, rather than within them.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series Palgrave studies in migration history.
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Chapter 1: Unravelling Islanders Migration Stories
Chapter 2: From Whence We Came: Migration From Limnos to Australia
Chapter 3: For a Better life: In a New Country
Chapter 4: Who Are We?: Identity, Belonging and Place
Chapter 5: Diasporic Meanings of Home and Dual Lives
Chapter 6: From Pilgrimage to A Way of Life
Chapter 7: Consolidation and Reflections About the Future.

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