Homebound: Diaspora Spaces and Selves in Greek American Return Narratives

by Evangelia Kindinger

"Home is where the heart is" - but where is the heart of the daughter or the grandson of a Greek immigrant living in the United States? In the American imagination, immigration ends with the successful integration into American culture and society. Yet, the routes of immigration are not straight, but circular. The home outside America appeals to immigrants and their descendants. It inspires them to return and not to stay put. Returnees keep moving...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3825364216
• ISBN13: 9783825364212
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Universitatsverlag Winter
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.