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Memory’s role in lending meaning to migrants’ lives
- Source: Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture, Volume 7, Issue 1, Apr 2016, p. 9 - 25
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- 01 Apr 2016
Abstract
This article argues that our understanding of the complexity of the links between memory and migration can be enhanced by focusing on the role of experience in lending meaning to migrants’ lives. Realizing the difficulties of providing a comprehensive sociological account of experience and recognizing the potential of works of fiction to enrich sociological imagination, this article will try to capture details of people’s experiences with the help of literature. Using a broad narrative method to analyse the selected British realist novels, this paper aims to discover their representations of the ways in which migrants rely on past experiences in sense-making practices.
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