Together and apart: transnational life in the US–Mexico border region

López, Jane Lilly

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2018.1523003

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“…For example, a female participant denoted the “new psychological and sexual freedoms” she first experienced in a foreign country and the stark contrast she faced in the aftermath of a sexual assault, explaining, “It just hit me more psychologically…where I lost that trust within myself.” Other participants described intense grief experiences about not being physically present during a family member’s death or being unable to attend the funeral. This theme supports existing globally mobile population literature highlighting the compounding stress associated with hardships across international borders (López, 2018; McNulty, 2015).…”

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confidence: 84%

“…Other participants described intense grief experiences about not being physically present during a family member's death or being unable to attend the funeral. This theme supports existing globally mobile population literature highlighting the compounding stress associated with hardships across international borders (López, 2018;McNulty, 2015).…”

Section: Hardships Hit Harder Abroadsupporting

confidence: 82%

“…According to the MCIs studied, adapting to multiple countries is fraught with numerous challenges. Many of the MCI’s struggles parallel existing literatures on globally mobile populations, including multiple physical and relational losses (Gilbert, 2008), lack of meaningful relationships (Smith & Kearney, 2016), difficulties adjusting to new educational and professional systems (Sterle et al, 2018), increased physical and emotional stress associated with hardships across international borders (López, 2018; McNulty, 2015), and feeling misunderstood and not fully belonging (McGregor et al, 2013).…”

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confidence: 93%

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A Qualitative Examination of Transnational Identity Development in Multicountry Immersers

Giboi¹,

Nath

2023

International Perspectives in Psychology

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Abstract. Although numerous studies have examined the acculturation and identity experiences of binational migrants having lived in two countries, little known research has specifically looked at migrants to three or more countries. Collectively termed multicountry immersers, or MCIs, this study seeks to examine the unique experiences of such individuals who have lived and adapted culturally, linguistically, and professionally to three or more countries. Semistructured interviews were conducted on a diverse sample of 10 emerging adult, geographically dispersed MCIs with extensive immersive and acculturative experiences in three or more countries. Individual and group themes emerged via qualitative analysis, including adaptation experiences, experiences of connection and disconnection, and individual identity dimensions. A theoretical model of identity transformation as a result of multiple country immersions is introduced.

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A Qualitative Examination of Transnational Identity Development in Multicountry Immersers

Giboi¹,

Nath

2023

International Perspectives in Psychology

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“…Rather than assuming immigrants are always deficit in needed resources, this approach leaves room for the possibility that immigrants may bring experiences, perspectives, and connections that -while not directly relevant to practical participation in the US -could motivate and activate their US-born partner's political participation. On the other hand, it is also possible that the experiences immigrant partners bring into cross-nativity relationships -for example, being targeted by discrimination, xenophobia, or restrictive immigration policies -could erode trust in democracy and dampen political participation within the relationship (Heath 2014;López 2020)…”

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Cross-Nativity Partnering and Political Participation: The Effect of Partner's Immigration Background on Voting Across Immigrant Generations

Munasinghe¹

2021

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Research on cross-nativity partnering – relationships between immigrants and non-immigrants – has mainly focused on socioeconomic determinants and outcomes of these unions, and their sociopolitical consequences remain underexplored. Extrapolating existing research reveals how cross-nativity relationships may serve as conduits of resources, knowledge, and connections that facilitate political participation; as spaces of political resocialization, bringing together partners with different experiences and understandings of citizenship; and, alternatively, as a selection mechanism whereby immigrant integration results in cross-nativity relationships among those more likely to participate in politics. Using data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) and linking information about married and cohabiting couples, this study assesses whether cross-nativity partnering is associated with voting. Logistic regression models predicting voting using respondents’ and their partners’ immigrant generation indicate two broad findings. First, having a second or third+ generation partner is positively associated with voting, consistent with theoretical expectations that US-born partners provide resources or signal selection. Second, and more surprisingly, there is small but significant variation in voting among the third+ generation based on their partner’s immigrant generation. This indicates inadequacies in theorizing US-born partners solely as providers, and is more consistent with political resocialization. Importantly, this finding challenges theoretical and empirical assumptions in immigration research about the third+ generation as a static baseline. Overall, this study contributes to expanding scholarly focus beyond the individual to the role of relationships, in particular of spouses and cohabiting partners, in integrating immigrants into political life, and, more broadly, in shaping and contextualizing interactions between the state and its citizens and subjects.

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“…Die Transnationalitäts und Transmigrationsfor schung, für die etwa Nina Glick Schiller und ihre Kolleg*innen (1995) seit Mit te der 1990er Jahre stehen, bilden daher einen der sozialtheoretischen Rahmen dieser Forschung (dazu auch Pries 1996;Faist 1998). Beobachtbar ist, dass grenz überschreitend mobile Menschen zunehmend Räume konstituieren, die ebenfalls grenzüberschreitend sind, und damit die territorialen Bezüge der Migrant*innen komplexer werden (Smith 1995;Goldring 1996;AlAli/Koser 2002;López 2020).…”

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Räume, Zeiten, Orte: Migrationsbiographien und Raumkonstitutionen

Müller¹

2021

Fördernde Wirkung Extracurricularer Angebote an Ganztagsgrundschulen

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Grundlage für den Beitrag sind qualitative Interviews mit hochqualifizierten in ternationalen Migrant*innen, deren Berufsbiographien von wiederholten, grenzüberschrei tenden Ortswechseln geprägt sind. Die Migrationsbiographien dieser Migrant*innen weisen charakteristische Formen der Raumproduktion auf, welche sich nicht ausschließlich als trans nationale soziale Räume beschreiben lassen. Vielmehr konstituieren die Migrant*innen diese Räume, indem sie Orte und sie umgebende oder entfernte Objekte zueinander und zu ihrer sozialen Umwelt in Bezug setzen. Die so konstituierten Räume zeichnen sich durch charak teristische Gefüge von Menschen, Objekten und Orten aus. Die Raumproduktionen wieder um werden über den biographischen Zeitverlauf hinweg mit ähnlichen Praktiken hergestellt, welche durch die Migrationserfahrung der Migrant*innen geprägt sind.

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Together and apart: transnational life in the US–Mexico border region

Cited by 8 publications

References 45 publications

A Qualitative Examination of Transnational Identity Development in Multicountry Immersers

A Qualitative Examination of Transnational Identity Development in Multicountry Immersers

Cross-Nativity Partnering and Political Participation: The Effect of Partner's Immigration Background on Voting Across Immigrant Generations

Räume, Zeiten, Orte: Migrationsbiographien und Raumkonstitutionen

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