Migrating rituals
Negotiations of belonging and otherness among Tamils in Norway
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3649935 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Sigfrid Grønseth (0000-0003-3248-2617, University of Inland Norway, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 16 |
| Pages | 2617-2633 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Community (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369183x.2017.1389026 |
| OpenAlex | W2770343750 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 37 |
By examining a funeral ritual devised by Tamil refugees living north of the Arctic Circle in Norway, I argue that the study of migrant rituals offers new insights into migrants’ senses of belonging, identity and wellbeing. Within a context of the exclusion and inclusion of cultural minorities, I describe the process of creating a funeral ritual that involves encounters between local Norwegians and Tamil refugees. The funeral followed the sudden death of a Tamil worker at the local fish plant as a result of a freak accident. The article focuses on how the Tamils’ work of devising and performing the funeral speaks to local migrant experiences of living on the boundaries between the Tamil and Norwegian life-worlds. A centrepiece of the case study involves a young widow, thus the analysis includes social and cultural dimensions of widow- and womanhood, while also highlighting issues of migration and the shared human condition. In conclusion, I underscore the way in which the migrant ritual, embodiment and (Othering) discourse cohere together to form a temporal phenomenon that responds to the present-ism of human life
Negotiation · Political science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
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Rituals of migration
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Everyday Rituals of Migration
Translated woman
Pluralism and the Politics of Difference
Inner World
Paths toward a clearing
Embodiment and experience
Feminism and anthropology
Contemporary Art and Anthropology
Performance Studies
Fluid Signs
The Invention Of Tradition
Being Human, Being Migrant
Passions and Powers
Ritual Dynamics and Virtual Practice
In the Event
Conceptualizing Simultaneity
International Perspectives on Transnational Migration
Gendered Geographies of Power
A thousand plateaus
Gender Matters
Rituals of migration
Transnational households and ritual
A wedding in the family
Schism and Continuity in an African Society
Ritual
In Search of Community
On the Limits of Life Stages in Ethnography
A proper funeral
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |