Aligned and shifting identities in distant diasporas

A Multigenerational Examination

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2183368
AutoresSusan Banki (0000-0002-9203-4106, The University of Sydney, autor de correspondencia), I P Adhikari (0000-0001-9520-082X, Editor: The Bhutan Journal)
Año2024
Volumen17
Número2
Páginas1-16
Fecha de publicación2024-09-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSouth Asian Diaspora (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1943-8184 • E-ISSN: 1943-8192
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19438192.2024.2394372
OpenAlexW4402149192
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas35

The diaspora literature regularly examines identity shifts and remakings through experiences of displacement. Multigenerational diasporas, however, complicate these shifts due to differing contexts of education, history and resettlement experience between younger and older generations. How does diaspora identity continue across generations, and where does it shift in distant diasporas? This article examines the ways that the identities of former Bhutanese refugees have been sustained and shifted in the context of mass resettlement. It compares radio interviews with younger and older generation diaspora members broadcast on Radio Pahichan, a Nepali-language radio show produced in South Australia. We examine diaspora members who have participated in these public expressions of identity through the overlapping thematic lenses of stories, language, culture, success, and memory. Through an analysis of this material, we show how some aspects of identity serve as a bridge between generations, while others show shifts and breaks in previously similar identities

Diaspora · Political science · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration