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Diaspora of diaspora: Adyge-Abkhaz returnees in the ancestral homeland
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posted on 2023-06-09, 01:10 authored by Cemre ErciyesFocusing on the diasporic characteristics shown by ancestral return migrants, this case study looks at the Abkhaz-Adyge (Circassian) returnees from Turkey to the Caucasus and how they become the “diaspora of the diaspora.” The next generations of diasporans continue to dream of return, and, with recent developments in communication technologies and cheaper transportation, many find ways to realize this dream. There are many different forms of return, but some “return-migrate” and settle in an unfamiliar ancestral home. The relocation creates new experiences as the homeland turns out to be very different from that which they imagined, and the return migration is transformed into a new form of migrant experience that, in fact, produces renewed diasporic characteristics.
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Diaspora: a journal of transnational studiesISSN
1044-2057Publisher
University of Toronto PressExternal DOI
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3Volume
17Page range
340-361Department affiliated with
- Geography Publications
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- Yes
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2016-05-10First Open Access (FOA) Date
2016-05-10First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2016-05-09Usage metrics
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