United States Nationals in Argentina

The Relevance of the Middle Class Abroad to Migration Studies

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ID18998366
AuthorsJ Freidenberg (0000-0003-0565-7979, Institute of Economic and Social Development, corresponding author), Amy Carattini (Institute of Economic and Social Development), Kyla Cools (0000-0002-0221-0023, Institute of Economic and Social Development), Leah Bush (Institute of Economic and Social Development), Sara Downward (Institute of Economic and Social Development), Johanna Mcalister (Institute of Economic and Social Development)
Year2022
Volume81
Issue4
Pages390-400
Publication date2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Organization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517
PublisherSociety for Applied Anthropology (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17730/1938-3525-81.4.390
OpenAlexW4313248678
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited32

A concentration on the economic, social, and political impact of new arrivals on the United States has obscured understanding of the departure of United States middle-class cohorts abroad. This article claims that United States emigration and expatriation are relevant to understanding the United States nation-state. This human geographical displacement remains understudied by researchers and unnoticed by policymakers. Addressing two research questions—Who are the United States nationals abroad? And how do they experience otherness?—the article offers a roadmap for enhancing research on emigrant populations to guide policymakers on how to better understand the expatriates. First, we overview existing knowledge on this population from several perspectives, and then we provide descriptive and thematic anthropological analyses of a sample of United States nationals in Buenos Aires, Argentina. An explanatory framework interweaving three conceptual frameworks: dark anthropology, searching for elsewhere, and mobility, is suggested to contribute to understanding the social category of expat and further the understanding of the United States middle class abroad to benefit research, policymaking, and civic education

Economic growth · Emigration · Middle class · Political science · Politics · Population · Relevance (law) · Sociology · State (computer science) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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