Russian immigrants in the United States : adapting to American culture /

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Kishinevsky's study surveys the acculturation of and response to American culture by three generations of Russian immigrant women. Kishinevsky tells the stores of three generations of women who immigrated to the United States from Russia and satellite states, inviting the reader into their real...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kishinevsky, Vera, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2004.
Colección:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Temas:
Russian Americans > Social conditions.
Russian Americans > Cultural assimilation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Russian Americans > Cultural assimilation
Einwanderung
Akkulturation
USA
Russen.
Samfundsvidenskab > Sociologi.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1: Why the Russians?
  • Prologue
  • Personal stance
  • Pilot study
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical basis
  • Participants
  • Ch. 2: Relevant literature
  • Russian experience
  • Western beauty ideal and disordered eating
  • Ch. 3: Family portraits
  • The Arbers
  • The Golders
  • The Kaplans
  • The Levins
  • The Weiss family
  • Ch. 4: Major themes
  • Category I : social issues
  • Category II : family relationships
  • Category III : self
  • Category IV : food and eating
  • Category V : losses and gains of emigration
  • Ch. 5: Discussion and recommendations
  • Discussion of the results
  • Reflections of the investigator
  • Methodological considerations.

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