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The Amphitheatre That Isn’t : Insight Into the Mechanisms and Effects of Diasporic Guilt in Asian Canadians Babu, Sahana

Abstract

In this qualitative study, Babu explores a topic that isn’t often studied, but certainly has pervasive impact on the lives of the diaspora – diasporic guilt. When bad things happen “back home,” diasporic communities invariable feel helpless, not knowing what to do or how to help make things better. How do we support our people when we’re so far away? We have privilege in being able to be away from all the bad things; but how should we use it? Babu interviews several individuals to get their thoughts on their respective experiences with things happening “back home.” With increased migration over time, such questions will only become even more important predictors of diasporic wellbeing. Where do diaspora find support, and how do we assuage such helplessness when turmoil hits home?

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Title
The Amphitheatre That Isn’t : Insight Into the Mechanisms and Effects of Diasporic Guilt in Asian Canadians
Alternate Title
All I can do…
Creator
Babu, Sahana
Date Issued
2021-04-23
Description
In this qualitative study, Babu explores a topic that isn’t often studied, but certainly has pervasive impact on the lives of the diaspora – diasporic guilt. When bad things happen “back home,” diasporic communities invariable feel helpless, not knowing what to do or how to help make things better. How do we support our people when we’re so far away? We have privilege in being able to be away from all the bad things; but how should we use it? Babu interviews several individuals to get their thoughts on their respective experiences with things happening “back home.” With increased migration over time, such questions will only become even more important predictors of diasporic wellbeing. Where do diaspora find support, and how do we assuage such helplessness when turmoil hits home?
Subject
Diasporic guilt; Helpnessness; Home; Privilege; Protests
Genre
Report
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. ACAM 320B
Date Available
2021-06-23
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0398513
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78775
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Undergraduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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