Improvised adolescence : Somali Bantu teenage refugees in America /

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grady, Sandra (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2015]
©2015
Colección:Folklore studies in a multicultural world.
Temas:
Teenage refugees > United States.
Refugees > Somalia.
Somali American teenagers.
Bantu-speaking peoples > Cultural assimilation > United States.
Somalis > United States > Social life and customs.
Somalis > Cultural assimilation > United States.
Gender & Ethnic Studies.
Social Sciences.
Ethnic & Race Studies.
Réfugiés > Somalie.
Bantous > Acculturation > États-Unis.
Somaliens > États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes.
Adolescents réfugiés > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Refugees
Somali American teenagers
Somalis > Social life and customs
Teenage refugees
Somalia
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.
  • Afterword: From Adolescence into AdulthoodWorks Cited; Index.

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