ISBN:
9780299303235
,
0299303233
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
Series Statement:
Folklore studies in a multicultural world
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Grady, Sandra Improvised adolescence
DDC:
305.89354073
Keywords:
Teenage refugees United States
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Refugees Somalia
;
Bantu-speaking peoples Cultural assimilation
;
United States
;
Somalis Social life and customs
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United States
;
Somalis Cultural assimilation
;
United States
;
Somali American teenagers
;
Somalis Social life and customs
;
Somalis Cultural assimilation
;
Bantu-speaking peoples Cultural assimilation
;
Teenage refugees
;
Refugees
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
Refugees
;
Somali American teenagers
;
Somalis ; Social life and customs
;
Teenage refugees
;
Somalia
;
United States
;
Electronic book
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Afterword: From Adolescence into AdulthoodWorks Cited; Index.
Abstract:
Explores how teens from southern Somalia, who spent much of their childhood in East African refugee camps, are adapting to resettlement in the American Midwest, negotiating two sets of cultural expectations, those of the resettled Somali Bantu community and those of the surrounding US culture
Abstract:
List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction: The Somali Bantu; 1. The New Village: The Construction of Somali Bantu Identity in Everyday Life; 2. Attaining Adulthood 1: Rites of Passage in Traditional African Contexts; 3. Feminine and Masculine on Display: Media Consumption and Gender Models; 4. Attaining Adulthood 2: Adolescence, Identity, and FGC in Diaspora; 5. No Ritual Left Behind: Schools and American Rites of Passage; 6. Celebrating Adulthood: Wedding Ritual and the Celebration of Identity; 7. Identities in Development: Culture, Gender, and Life Cycle in Diaspora.
Note:
Includes index. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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