"That's Still Home" Constructing Second Generation Place Attachment and Place Identity via Time Work
ABSTRACT This article argues that nativity talk and post displacement interaction talk are key time work mechanisms through which 1.5 and second generation Louisiana migrants construct place identity and place attachment. Examining in depth interviews with 22 1.5. and second generation Great Migration era Louisiana migrants, the article empirically demonstrates the process that participants use to construct narratives of place attachment and place identity in terms of (1) associations with home, (2) a lack of substitutability, and (3) pride in place. The two mechanisms have implications for understanding how both international and internal migrants engage in time work to connect with their homelands.
The Sociological Quarterly