Strangers in new homelands : the social deconstruction and reconstruction of "home" among immigrants in the disapora /
Strangers in New Homelands is a collection of papers emanating from Annual International Conferences on the Social Reconstruction of the concept of "home" among immigrants in the diaspora. For many immigrants in the diaspora, the concept of "home", around which this conference ha...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Pub.,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The stranger: finding new homes, networks, identities / Leo Driedger
- Latino presence in the US South: an (un)wanted exchange / Carlos Parra
- Human rights education and newcomers: constructing and owning a feeling of home / Stephanie Yamniuk
- Where is "home"? reconstruction of immigrant oases / Leo Driedger
- Differential acculturation and adaptation of immigrant and refugee youth to "new homes" in the diaspora / Patience Togo
- The African extended family network as an inhibitor to the reconstruction of "home" among Ghanaian African immigrants in the diaspora / Michael Baffoe and Lewis Asimeng-Boahene
- The making of a "home": exploring the space of Bangladeshi diasporic restaurants in Toronto / Nafisa Tanjeem
- Impact of sending remittances on the lives of Filipino and Iranian immigrants to Winnipeg: "sending money back home helps us feel better" / Evelyn Ferguson [and others]
- Removing the barriers to new Canadians health disparity: new Canadians health network / Patrick Kereyo and David Flomo.
- Newcomers' experience of practitioner stance in social work practice with immigrants and refugees: a call for not-knowing / Jan DeFehr [and others]
- Navigating cross cultural exchanges in an IET bridging program / Lee Anne Block
- Elder abuse and immigration status: is there a connection? Vulnerability and recourse / Sigalit Gal and Jill Hanley
- Labor market experiences of Korean immigrants in Manitoba and the current policy responses of the Republic of Korea vis-a-vis rapid globalization / Bong-Hwan Kim
- Beloved countries: reflections of a mother's memories of "home" / Patricia Marton
- Perceptions of Canada by Nigerian youths / Charles T. Adeyanju and Temitope B. Oriola
- "Are we there yet?" Articulating the social construction of home, and the politics of integration amongst Quebec-resident Nigerian immigrants: nirvana or perpetual limbo? / Buster C. Ogbuagu
- "Invisible minorities" of the Falun Gong community: challenge to social inclusion and integration in Canada / Maria Cheung
- Searching historical identity in strange homelands: the case of the Maratha community of southern Tamilnadu with special reference to Thanjavur, circa 1675-2010 / Usha R. Vijailakshmi.