Prof Daiga Kamerade D.Kamerade2@salford.ac.uk
Professor of Work and Wellbeing
Growing up to belong transnationally : parent perceptions on identity formation among Latvian emigrant children in England
Kamerāde, D; Skubiņa, I
Authors
I Skubiņa
Contributors
R Kaša
Editor
I Mieriņa
Editor
Abstract
As a result of the wide availability of social media, cheap flights and free intra-EU movement it has become considerably easier to maintain links with the country of origin than it was only a generation ago. Therefore, the language and identity formation among children of recent migrants might be significantly different from the experiences of children of the previous generations. The aim of this paper is to examine the perceptions of parents on the formation of national and transnational identity among the ‘1.5 generation migrant children’ – the children born in Latvia but growing up in England and the factors affecting them. In particular, this article seeks to understand whether 1.5 generation migrant children from Latvia construct strong transnational identities by maintaining equally strong ties with their country of origin and mother tongue and, at the same time, intensively creating networks, learning and using the language of the new home country. The results of 16 semi-structured in-depth interviews with the parents of these children reveal that the 1.5 generation Latvian migrants are on a path of becoming English-dominant bilinguals. So far there is little evidence of the development of a strong transnational identity among 1.5 generation migrant children from Latvia. Instead, this study observed a tendency towards an active integration and assimilation into the new host country facilitated by their parents or occurring despite their parents’ efforts to maintain ties with Latvia. These findings suggest that rather than the national identity of the country of origin being supplemented with a new additional national identity – that of the country of settlement – the identity of the country of origin becomes dominated by it instead.
Citation
Kamerāde, D., & Skubiņa, I. (2019). Growing up to belong transnationally : parent perceptions on identity formation among Latvian emigrant children in England. In R. Kaša, & I. Mieriņa (Eds.), The Emigrant Communities of Latvia: National Identity, Transnational Belonging, and Diaspora Politics (138-155). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12092-4
Publication Date | May 9, 2019 |
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Deposit Date | Jan 16, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 17, 2019 |
Pages | 138-155 |
Series Title | IMISCOE Research Series |
Book Title | The Emigrant Communities of Latvia: National Identity, Transnational Belonging, and Diaspora Politics |
ISBN | 9783030120917-(print);-9783030120924-(online) |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12092-4 |
Publisher URL | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12092-4_7 |
Related Public URLs | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-12092-4 |
Additional Information | Projects : The Emigrant Communities of Latvia: National Identity, Transnational Relations, and Diaspora Politics |
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