Mobile Nationalism: Parenting and Articulations of Belonging among Globally Mobile Professionals
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Mobile Nationalism : Parenting and Articulations of Belonging among Globally Mobile Professionals. / Yemini, Miri; Maxwell, Claire; Koh, Aaron; Tucker, Khen; Barrenechea, Ignacio; Beech, Jason.
I: Sociology, Bind 54, Nr. 6, 12.2020, s. 1212-1229.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Mobile Nationalism
T2 - Parenting and Articulations of Belonging among Globally Mobile Professionals
AU - Yemini, Miri
AU - Maxwell, Claire
AU - Koh, Aaron
AU - Tucker, Khen
AU - Barrenechea, Ignacio
AU - Beech, Jason
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - This article examines whether and how globally mobile middle-class professional families engage in practices of nationalism through forging connections with a ‘home nation’ despite continuous relocations for work. Drawing on the concept of boundary objects which are used to facilitate frequent boundary crossings, we identify the promotion of language acquisition and cultural or national rituals and traditions as two central family practices that maintain strong connections to a form of national belonging despite being physically de-territorialised. We coin the term ‘mobile nationalism’ to make sense of the ways these globally mobile professional parents cultivate a sense of identity, coherence and the necessary resources for future mobility. We argue that these articulations of nationalism continue to be critical as we seek to understand subjecthood formation in the face of the imperatives of globalisation.
AB - This article examines whether and how globally mobile middle-class professional families engage in practices of nationalism through forging connections with a ‘home nation’ despite continuous relocations for work. Drawing on the concept of boundary objects which are used to facilitate frequent boundary crossings, we identify the promotion of language acquisition and cultural or national rituals and traditions as two central family practices that maintain strong connections to a form of national belonging despite being physically de-territorialised. We coin the term ‘mobile nationalism’ to make sense of the ways these globally mobile professional parents cultivate a sense of identity, coherence and the necessary resources for future mobility. We argue that these articulations of nationalism continue to be critical as we seek to understand subjecthood formation in the face of the imperatives of globalisation.
KW - global middle class
KW - globalisation
KW - mobility
KW - nationalism
U2 - 10.1177/0038038520933457
DO - 10.1177/0038038520933457
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85097754229
VL - 54
SP - 1212
EP - 1229
JO - Sociology
JF - Sociology
SN - 0038-0385
IS - 6
ER -
ID: 253650762