Mah, A. (2019) A layover stop in the African American great migration: identity, ruination, and memory. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 42(13), pp. 2326-2332. (doi: 10.1080/01419870.2019.1605090)
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Abstract
Gone Home challenges dominant representations of Appalachia as white, placing in the foreground the life histories of African Americans who hail from the coalfields of eastern Kentucky. The book reveals how mass migration shapes subjectivities, examining two generations of African Americans who migrated into and out of the coalfields between 1910 and 1970. The coalfields were a layover stop in an intergenerational migration from the rural South to urban centres in the North, Midwest, and West. This review reflects on the significance of the layover stop, both empirically and conceptually. One of the key contributions of Gone Home is to show how the layover stop was important not only in terms of time and place, but also in terms of collective identity. The review concludes by reflecting on interconnected themes of industrial ruination and intergenerational memory.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Mah, Professor Alice |
| Authors: | Mah, A. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies |
| Journal Name: | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| ISSN: | 0141-9870 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1466-4356 |
| Published Online: | 19 August 2019 |
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