Coming back home

The reconstruction of the identities of the homecomers

Bibliographic Data

ID13051139
AuthorsGláucia De Oliveira Assis (0000-0002-0307-6313, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, corresponding author), Emerson Cesar De Campos (0000-0002-1455-4528, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina)
Year2019
Volume11
Issue28
Pages553-573
Publication date2019-10-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Tempo e Argumento (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2175-1803 • E-ISSN: 2175-1803
PublisherUniversidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (PUBLISHER • BR)
DOI10.5965/2175180311282019553
OpenAlexW2981800206
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited2

This article discusses the comings and goings of Brazilian migrants in the early 21st century. Returning is a constituent stage of the migration project. Many men and women, when setting out to America, claimed their intent to come back when completing their migration project, which is usually translated as acquiring enough resources to purchase a house, a vehicle, and to start a business. This article discusses how men and women go through the experience of returning to the homeland to analyze how they reconstruct the path home and which effects of travel appear in the identity configurations, as well as in familial and gender relations. “It’s easier to leave than to come back,” migrants say. Thus we intend to demonstrate that returning is more complex, and that, in several cases, migrants live between two places, forming a transnational identity. Keywords: Transnationalism. Return. Memory

Aesthetics · Art · Homeland · Identity (music · Immigration · Political science · Sociology · Transnationalism · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Migration, Racism, and Human Rights

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