Citizens of Ambivalence: How Educated Young Somali Americans Perceive their Transnational Being and Belonging?

Marko Kananen ()
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Marko Kananen: South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences

Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2020, vol. 21, issue 1, No 10, 184 pages

Abstract: Abstract Connections between “here” and “there” are an inherent and enduring component of the migration of the modern world. Experiences of multiple belongings can evoke a mixture of hope and despair, inclusion and marginalization, as well as longing and repulsion. This paper explores how educated young Somali Americans in Minnesota comprehend their ways of being and belonging towards Somalia and the USA, and how these different orientations interact with each other. The findings suggest that the participants of this study are simultaneously involved in two different narratives of being and belonging. Firstly, they are part of a neoliberal project of being successful in the mainstream American society, but secondly, they are also part of a cultural project of maintaining their identity and traditions as Somalis.

Keywords: Immigration; Citizenship; Transnationalism; Participation; Ambivalence; Somalia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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