Questions of Friendship and Degrees of Transnationality among Second-Generation Return Migrants to Barbados.
While the academic literature has demonstrated the importance of social networks in relation to the process of migration, investigations have rarely examined in detail the personal-social adjustment issues that migrants and return migrants face. This study examines the context and types of friendshi...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 669 - 689 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr2009
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=37154244&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 37154244 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1369183X 56F jtl: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies issn: 1369183X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2009 vid: 35 iid: 4 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 37154244 10.1080/13691830902765327 ppf: 669 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 120KB tig: atl: Questions of Friendship and Degrees of Transnationality among Second-Generation Return Migrants to Barbados. aug: au: Phillips, Joan Potter, RobertB. su: Social networks Emigration & immigration Return migration Interpersonal relations & culture Friendship Liminality Gender differences (Psychology) Barbados sug: subj: Barbados Social networks Emigration & immigration Return migration Interpersonal relations & culture Friendship Liminality Gender differences (Psychology) keyword: Friendship Patterns Second-Generation Return Migration Transnational Migrants ab: While the academic literature has demonstrated the importance of social networks in relation to the process of migration, investigations have rarely examined in detail the personal-social adjustment issues that migrants and return migrants face. This study examines the context and types of friendship pattern that young return migrants from Britain cultivate in Barbados. The research centres on a wholly under-researched demographic group—young return migrants or second-generation Barbadians who have decided to return to the birthplace of their parents. The investigation is based on 51 in-depth interviews carried out with these young returnees to Barbados. Presenting a taxonomy of friendship types, it is argued that, for the 'Bajan-Brits' under study, the cultivation of new friendships is highly problematic. The research identifies what we refer to as the 'insular transnational', the 'we are different' and the 'all-inclusive transnational' friendship types among the young returnees. Our analysis also shows that problems of friendship are highly gendered, with females reporting the most problems due to what is perceived as sexual and workplace competition. It is stressed that these circumstances exemplify the essentially 'hybrid', 'liminal' and 'in-between' positionality of these second-generation migrants within contemporary Barbadian society. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2009 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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