Twice Migrated, Twice Displaced

Indian and Pakistani Transnational Households in Canada

By Tania Das Gupta
Categories: Social Sciences, Race & Ethnicity, Sociology, Regional & Cultural Studies, Diaspora Studies, Canadian Studies, Immigration, Emigration & Transnationalism
Publisher: UBC Press
Hardcover : 9780774865661, 214 pages, December 2021
Paperback : 9780774865678, 214 pages, August 2022
Ebook (PDF) : 9780774865685, 214 pages, December 2021
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780774865692, 214 pages, December 2021
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Table of contents

Introduction

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

Description

Twice Migrated, Twice Displaced explores the lives of Gulf South Asians who arrived in Canada from India and Pakistan via Persian Gulf countries. Tania Das Gupta reveals the multiple migration patterns of this 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. This perceptive study demonstrates the effect of neoliberal labour markets and transnationalism on community building, diaspora, citizenship, and a sense of belonging when in Canada.

Reviews

“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

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