ISBN:
0415960924
,
020393251X
,
9780415960922
,
9780203932513
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 280 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
African studies
Parallel Title:
Print version African Minorities in the New World
DDC:
305.896073
Keywords:
African diaspora History
;
African Americans in the professions
;
African Americans Social conditions 1975-
;
United States Civilization
;
African American influences
Abstract:
This book discusses the minority status of African immigrants in the New World by revisiting the concept of a 'new' African diaspora and its multiple implications for citizenship and immigration policy
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Introduction: Voluntarily Singing the Lord's Song . . .; Part I: Negotiating Citizenship and Cultural Identities; Chapter Two: Nationalist Myth-Making, Cultural Identity and Nation Building: African Minorities in the U.S. and Latin America; Chapter Three: African Immigrants' Experiences in Urban America: Religion and the Construction of Social Identity in St. Louis; Chapter Four: Ethnography of Religion and Spirituality among St. Louisan African Immigrants
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter Five: 'Born in the USA': Dislocation, Disrupted Kinship Networks, and the Transformative Power of Music and Dance in African Immigrant Baby Naming CeremoniesChapter Six: A Viagem Da Minha Vida/ The Voyage of My Life: Identity Formation and Resettlement among Angolan Women of Color in Toronto; Part II: African Refugees and Policy Implications; Chapter Seven: The Making of a Modern Diaspora: The Resettlement Process of the Somali Bantu Refugees in the United States; Chapter Eight: Voluntary Trans-Atlantic Migration: Nigerians' Attitudes to the American Diversity Visa Lottery Program
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter Nine: Managing the Migration of Health-Care Workers toward the Transfer of Knowledge, Skill and ProfessionalismChapter Ten: African Immigrants' Families and the American Educational System; Conclusion: The New African Diaspora Waves: Shifting Diversity of American Culture; Appendix: Abbreviations and Linguistic Clusters; Contributors; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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