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Anastasia Christou

Middlesex University
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Cited by 4178

Cultural geographies of counter‐diasporic migration: perspectives from the study of second‐generation 'returnees' to Greece

R King, A Christou - Population, space and place, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This paper aims to contribute to ongoing theorisation of diasporas by a specific focus on ‘second‐generation
return’ – the migration of host‐country‐born second‐generation persons to …

[BOOK][B] Narratives of place, culture and identity: second-generation Greek-Americans return'home'

A Christou - 2006 - library.oapen.org
Christou explores the phenomenon of 'return migration' in Greece through the settlement
and identification processes of second-generation Greek-American returning migrants. She …

Narrating lives in (e) motion: Embodiment, belongingness and displacement in diasporic spaces of home and return

A Christou - Emotion, Space and Society, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper presents insights into the diasporic feelings, embodied experiences and migrant
encounters of home and belonging of first and second generation Greek-Danes. I consider …

The significance of things: Objects, emotions and cultural production in migrant women's return visits home

A Christou, H Janta - The Sociological Review, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This article draws on qualitative research in Basel, Switzerland with highly skilled migrant
women from various European nationalities employed in a number of professional sectors. It …

American dreams and European nightmares: experiences and polemics of second-generation Greek-American returning migrants

A Christou - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
The article addresses how spaces of inclusion and exclusion encountered during the
relocation and adjustment processes of second-generation Greek-Americans to the ancestral …

Imagining 'home': Diasporic landscapes of the Greek-German second generation

A Christou, R King - Geoforum, 2010 - Elsevier
This article presents research on second-generation Greek-Germans, both those living in
diaspora, and those who have ‘returned’ to Greece. The research is multi-sited, with fieldwork …

'Racism', intersectionality and migration studies: framing some theoretical reflections

R Grosfoguel, L Oso, A Christou - Interrogating Intersectionalities …, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
The concept of ‘racism’ has faced many difficulties in migration studies. Depending on
definitions, islamophobia is a form either of religious discrimination or of racism. The same is true …

Of counter-diaspora and reverse transnationalism: Return mobilities to and from the ancestral homeland

R King, A Christou - Mobilities, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This paper introduces the special issue on return mobilities. Return movements have been
relatively ignored in migration and mobilities research, despite their scale, frequency and …

Second‐generation “return” to Greece: New dynamics of transnationalism and integration

R King, A Christou - International Migration, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Based on in‐depth narrative interviews with 64 second‐generation Greek‐Germans and
Greek‐Americans who have “returned” to Greece, this article explores intersections between …

[BOOK][B] Gender and migration: IMISCOE short reader

A Christou, E Kofman - 2022 - library.oapen.org
This open access short reader offers a critical review of the debates on the transformation of
migration and gendered mobilities primarily in Europe, though also engaging in wider …