Transatlantic Subjects: Acts of Migration and Cultures of Transnationalism Between Greece and America

by Ioanna Laliotou and Laliotou

Book Overview

The early twentieth century was marked by massive migration of southern Europeans to the United States. Transatlantic Subjects views this diaspora through the lens of Greek migrant life to reveal the emergence of transnational forms of subjectivity.

According to Ioanna Laliotou, cultural institutions and practices played an important role in the formation of migrant subjectivities. Reconstructing the cultural history of migration, her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226468577
• ISBN13: 9780226468570
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"