Adrienne Lee Atterberry
Biographic Data
| ID | 247738 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adrienne Lee Atterberry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adrienne Lee |
| FAMILY NAME | Atterberry |
| SIGNATURE | ATTERBERRY A L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1147-4642 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Defining the contours of black motility
This introductory article advances a Black motility perspective to deepen scholarly understandings of racialised mobility in a global context. Building on motility theory, we conceptualise mobility not simply as movement but as a socially structured capacity shaped by unequal access to resources, competencies, and opportunities. We argue that existing analyses of Black mobility remain overly constrained by Euro-American frameworks and often repro…
Grandparents doing care work
This qualitative study interrogates the complexities of grandparent caregiving work within immigrant families by asking the following questions: how do foreign-born, Korean grandparent caregivers contribute to immigrant family life in the US? What are their experiences of performing family care work outside their country of origin? The study answers these questions by analysing interview data collected on eight Korean grandparent caregivers from …
Migration as a social mobility project
This article asks the following questions: how do parents see relocating to India as beneficial to their children’s upward social mobility? What role do their children have in facilitating their family’s social mobility strategies? How does growing up in India affect return migrants’ children’s relationship to and understanding of their ethnic identity? This article addresses these questions by analysing interviews with return migrant parents and…
Children and Youths' Migration in a Global Landscape
This volume contains an Open Access Chapter Currently, there are more than 36 million transnationally mobile children and youth. Featuring the stories of children and youth from places such as Myanmar, India, Hungary, the USA, and Central America, Children and Youths' Migration in a Global Landscape interrogates how transnational mobility shapes the lives of the relatively young. This edited collection addresses questions that encourage us to con…
Interrogating parenting and intergenerational relationships within national and transnational contexts
This introduction provides an overview of contemporary debates related to parenting and intergenerational relationships within national and transnational contexts. Its aim is to further the dialogue on contemporary family life in the 21st century. This special sub-section furthers our understanding of contemporary family life by situating the featured articles within debates on social inequality and social mobility; the intersections of globaliza…
Parental aspirations, schools, and the limits of flexible citizenship
This article investigates how return migrant parents navigate primary and secondary education options in Bangalore, a city in southwest India, by addressing the following question: What factors do return migrant parents consider when making schooling decisions? Through analyzing interviews with return migrant parents from 37 different families, the author argues that parents ultimately want to give their children the skills necessary to pursue th…
Radhika Mongia, Indian Migration and Empire
Migration as a social mobility project
This article asks the following questions: how do parents see relocating to India as beneficial to their children’s upward social mobility? What role do their children have in facilitating their family’s social mobility strategies? How does growing up in India affect return migrants’ children’s relationship to and understanding of their ethnic identity? This article addresses these questions by analysing interviews with return migrant parents and…
Parental aspirations, schools, and the limits of flexible citizenship
This article investigates how return migrant parents navigate primary and secondary education options in Bangalore, a city in southwest India, by addressing the following question: What factors do return migrant parents consider when making schooling decisions? Through analyzing interviews with return migrant parents from 37 different families, the author argues that parents ultimately want to give their children the skills necessary to pursue th…
Radhika Mongia, Indian Migration and Empire
Children and Youths' Migration in a Global Landscape
This volume contains an Open Access Chapter Currently, there are more than 36 million transnationally mobile children and youth. Featuring the stories of children and youth from places such as Myanmar, India, Hungary, the USA, and Central America, Children and Youths' Migration in a Global Landscape interrogates how transnational mobility shapes the lives of the relatively young. This edited collection addresses questions that encourage us to con…
Interrogating parenting and intergenerational relationships within national and transnational contexts
This introduction provides an overview of contemporary debates related to parenting and intergenerational relationships within national and transnational contexts. Its aim is to further the dialogue on contemporary family life in the 21st century. This special sub-section furthers our understanding of contemporary family life by situating the featured articles within debates on social inequality and social mobility; the intersections of globaliza…
Parental aspirations, schools, and the limits of flexible citizenship
This article investigates how return migrant parents navigate primary and secondary education options in Bangalore, a city in southwest India, by addressing the following question: What factors do return migrant parents consider when making schooling decisions? Through analyzing interviews with return migrant parents from 37 different families, the author argues that parents ultimately want to give their children the skills necessary to pursue th…
Grandparents doing care work
This qualitative study interrogates the complexities of grandparent caregiving work within immigrant families by asking the following questions: how do foreign-born, Korean grandparent caregivers contribute to immigrant family life in the US? What are their experiences of performing family care work outside their country of origin? The study answers these questions by analysing interview data collected on eight Korean grandparent caregivers from …
Migration as a social mobility project
This article asks the following questions: how do parents see relocating to India as beneficial to their children’s upward social mobility? What role do their children have in facilitating their family’s social mobility strategies? How does growing up in India affect return migrants’ children’s relationship to and understanding of their ethnic identity? This article addresses these questions by analysing interviews with return migrant parents and…
Defining the contours of black motility
This introductory article advances a Black motility perspective to deepen scholarly understandings of racialised mobility in a global context. Building on motility theory, we conceptualise mobility not simply as movement but as a socially structured capacity shaped by unequal access to resources, competencies, and opportunities. We argue that existing analyses of Black mobility remain overly constrained by Euro-American frameworks and often repro…
Sociology (5 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works)