American dreams and European nightmares: Experiences and polemics of second-generation Greek-American returning migrants

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 831-845

  Christou, Anastasia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructions of 'Greekness'; Multiple identifications; Return migration; Second generation; Self and nation

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CULTURAL CONFLICT; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; NATIONAL IDENTITY; RETURN MIGRATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745108472     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830600704263     Document Type: Article

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