Journal article
Transnational ties and ethnic identities in the parental homeland: second-generation Indian Americans in India
Identities (Yverdon, Switzerland), v 26(6), pp 649-667
02 Nov 2019
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Abstract
This article explores the 'return' migration of high-skilled, second-generation Indian-Americans from the United States to India. Based on interviews with fifty-six respondents, it asks: What transnational ties do second-generation Indian Americans maintain with India prior to return? Upon return, what are their 'reverse' transnational linkages to the United States? How do these linkages shape their ethnic identities, if at all? Findings suggest that respondents' transnational ties to India prior to return reinforce their identities as Indian Americans. Once in India, they maintain affective and civic ties to the United States, the country where they were born or raised. Further, American-inflected social ideas and norms shape returnees' interactions with domestic workers in India. As they grapple with the disparities between Western and Indian norms on the treatment of domestic help, respondents privilege 'American' identities. These findings highlight the transnational ties and identity construction and negotiation of second-generation returnees.
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- Title
- Transnational ties and ethnic identities in the parental homeland: second-generation Indian Americans in India
- Creators
- Sonali Jain - University of North Carolina at Pembroke
- Publication Details
- Identities (Yverdon, Switzerland), v 26(6), pp 649-667
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Sociology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000491506800002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85042933965
- Other Identifier
- 991021862241404721
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