‘Diverse Mobilities’: Second-Generation Greek-Germans Engage with the Homeland as Children and as Adults

King, Russell; Christou, Anastasia; Ahrens, Jill

doi:10.1080/17450101.2011.603943

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“…There are many studies showing that notions of belonging and homeland attachment have a powerful influence particularly on the choices of second generations regarding their choice of residence (Christou, 2006;King & Christou, 2014;Reynolds, 2008;Wessendorf, 2007). In the case of ethnic return migrants, the idea of 'home' mostly becomes an ambiguous concept as the migrants can experience significant uncertainty in terms of the place they belong to (King, Christou, & Ahrens, 2011) and therefore, they are in search of a place that provides them with a strong sense of belonging and identification (Wessendorf, 2007).…”

Section: Motives For Return Migrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The relative importance of economic and other motives can vary by ethnic group. In some later studies conducted on second generation Greek remigrants from Germany, it was found that they return mostly because of non-economic reasons such as life style, family, and life stage (King et al, 2011), or their ethnic ties such as their prior existing social network or their kinship ties (King & Christou, 2014). On the other hand, research done on Caribbean (Potter, 2005) and Indian (Jain, 2013) migrants showed that the return was primarily due to economic reasons such as better job prospects.…”

Section: Motives For Return Migrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Return Migration

Künüroğlu¹,

Vijver²,

Yağmur³

2016

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

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Section: Motives For Return Migrationmentioning

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Section: Motives For Return Migrationmentioning

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Return Migration

Künüroğlu¹,

Vijver²,

Yağmur³

2016

Online Readings in Psychology and Culture

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“…Empirical research is growing on return visits of the second generation (see King et al 2011aKing et al , 2011b for a Greek case study and a comprehensive literature review). However, their position within transnationalism theory, with its focus on identities as dynamic entities, is unclear (Duvall 2004, p. 53).…”

Section: Return Visitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Migrating and Settling in a Mobile World

Vathi

2015

IMISCOE Research Series

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“…Previous research on Greek-German second-generation returnees revealed that the 'escape' narrative was a mainly female story, reacting against patriarchy within the family and against the traditionbound social mores of the village-origin Greek communities in German cities (King, Christou & Ahrens 2011). For our study sample, the situation is different.…”

Section: The Escape Routementioning

confidence: 80%

“…Often this imagined return is constantly postponed until it never happens, the well-known "myth of return" (Anwar 1979). The family narrative of return is also analysed by King, Christou & Ahrens (2011) in their study of Greek-Germans: they note that it is often the second generation that 'actualises' return, leaving their parents behind in Germany where they may have other children (and grandchildren) and where they beneit from better social services and healthcare.…”

Section: The Family-return Routementioning

confidence: 99%