Description
Book SynopsisTwice Migrated, Twice Displaced explores the lives of Gulf South Asians who arrived in the Greater Toronto Area from India and Pakistan via Persian Gulf countries such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Tania Das Gupta reveals the multiple migration patterns of this unique group, analyzing themes such as gender, racial, and religious discrimination; class mobility; the formation of transnational families; and identities in a post-9/11 context.
Twice Migrated, Twice Displaced concludes that neoliberal economies in South Asia, the Gulf, and Canada create conditions for flexible labour by privatizing and diminishing social welfare. As migrants then search for employment, families are split across borders making those relationships more precarious. The ambivalent, hybrid identities that result have implications for Canada in terms of community building, diaspora, citizenship, and migrants' sense of belonging.
Trade Review“
Twice Migrated, Twice Displaced may highlight the experiences of those who have settled in Toronto. But through its tight focus, it brings larger dynamics, playing out across the country, vividly to life.” -- Elaine Coburn, York University * Literary Review of Canada *
Tania Das Gupta has published a powerful book that will capture the attention of anyone interested in the topic of migration, not only in Canada, but worldwide. -- Paul May, Department of Political Science, Universite du Quebec a Montreal * Ethnic and Racial Studies *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1 Locating the Transnational within a Racialized, Gendered, Neo-Liberal Global Capitalism
2 "Western Comforts and Eastern culture": The First Migration to the Gulf
3 "We Did Not Land in the Ground; We Landed in the Ditch": The Second Migration to Canada
4 Hybrid, Flexible and Reactive Identities
5 Two-step Migrations, Split Families and Ambivalent Canadians
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Overview of Interviewees in the Study Appendix 2: Informed Consent Form
Appendix 3: Interview Guide for the Twice Migrated from South Asia
Appendix 4: Informed Consent Form
Appendix 5: Interview guide for Twice Migrated Youth
Notes; References; index
