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Identity Change in the World of International Migration
Identity Change in the World of International Migration

Author(s): Carmen Balan
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences
Published by: Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen
Keywords: identity change; international migration; change.

Summary/Abstract: In this new publication, Cristina Cormoş professionally addresses a sensitive issue, complex and difficult in the same time, and ambitiously manages to give us a picture of international migration viewed through identity change. Starting from the hypothesis that "migration is a change that simultaneously occurs in both physical and socio-cultural realms, which implies not only movement from one community to another, but also the disintegration of structural bonds in the departure area, paralleled by a cultural assimilation of the destination environment", the author analyzes identity changes of the emigrants throughout the entire migration process, the factors underlying these changes, as well as the consequences and implications of these factors in the return migration. The issues addressed within this book also cover the changes occurred in the family and community of origin as a result of the absence of one of its members and of the manifestation of identity changes respectively.

  • Issue Year: 06/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 125-128
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: English