Exploring Transculturalism A Biographical Approach /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Berg, Wolfgang. (Editor), ïgeartaigh, Aoileann Ní. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : VS Verlag fþr Sozialwissenschaften, 2010.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-92440-3

 Transnational mobility is a widespread phenomenon. It has a big impact on the lives of the individuals who travel or migrate. In order to survive and achieve their goals, they have to go through a process of learning with regard to the cultural texts and practices they now confront. They have to cope with a range of rules and tools with which they are not familiar. In some cases, migrants will simply adopt these rules and practices. In others, their engagement with them will lead to fundamental changes in the host culture. Wolfgang Berg and Aoileann Ní ïgeartaigh interrogate the notion of transculturalism in an interdisciplinary way and explore the tensions inherent in contemporary theories of culture and identity. Exploring the (auto)biographical writings of transcultural protagonists, the authors show that crossing borders remains a difficult and challenging experience. The book will be of interest to researchers and students in the fields of cultural/intercultural studies, literature, and social science.