{"product_id":"transatlantic-subjects-acts-of-migration-and-cultures-of-transnationalism-between-greece-and-america-9780226468570","title":"Transatlantic Subjects: Acts of Migration and Cultures of Transnationalism between Greece and America","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ioanna Laliotou\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient - Greece\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe early twentieth century was marked by massive migration of southern Europeans to the United States. \u003ci\u003eTransatlantic Subjects\u003c\/i\u003e views this diaspora through the lens of Greek migrant life to reveal the emergence of transnational forms of subjectivity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 book points out the relationship between subjectivity formation and cultural practices and performances, such as publishing, reading, acting, storytelling, consuming, imitating, parading, and traveling. \u003ci\u003eTransatlantic Subjects\u003c\/i\u003e then locates the development of these practices within key sites and institutions of cultural formation, such as migrant and fraternal associations, educational institutions, state agencies and nongovernmental organizations, mental institutions, coffee shops, the church, steamship companies, banks, migration services, and chambers of commerce. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ultimately, Laliotou explores the complex and situational entanglements of migrancy, cultural nationalism, and the politics of self. Reading against the grain of hegemonic narratives of cultural and migration histories, she reveals how migrancy produced distinctive forms of sociality during the first half of the twentieth century.","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47588970856599,"sku":"9780226468570","price":4305.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226468570.webp?v=1774968564","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/transatlantic-subjects-acts-of-migration-and-cultures-of-transnationalism-between-greece-and-america-9780226468570","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}