Identity and the Second Generation (eBook)

How Children of Immigrants Find Their Space

Faith G. Nibbs, Caroline B. Brettell (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
240 Seiten
Vanderbilt University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8265-2070-8 (ISBN)

Infos

For the children of immigrants around the world, belonging to a community is done on their own terms

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Most recently, Americans have become familiar with the term "e;second generation"e; as it's applied to children of immigrants who now find themselves citizens of a nation built on the notion of assimilation. This common, worldwide experience is the topic of study in Identity and the Second Generation. These children test and explore the definition of citizenship and their cultural identity through the outlets provided by the Internet, social media, and local community support groups. All these factors complicate the ideas of boundaries and borders, of citizenship, and even of home. Indeed, the second generation is a global community and endeavors to make itself a home regardless of state or citizenship.This book explores the social worlds of the children of immigrants. Based on rich ethnographic research, the contributors illustrate how these young people, the so-called second generation, construct and negotiate their lives. Ultimately, the driving question is profoundly important on a universal level: How do these young people construct an identity and a sense of belonging for themselves, and how do they deal with processes of inclusion and exclusion?

Inhalt

IntroductionFaith Nibbs and Caroline BrettellHistory and the Second Generation: Differences between Pre- and Postwar Japanese American NiseiTakeyuki TsudaOrganizational Leadership Spaces: Confronting Identities and Education for Leadership among Asian YouthCaroline Brettell"My friends make me who I am": The Social Spaces of Friendship among Second-Generation YouthLisa HaayenOnline Spaces: The Intra-Ethnic Consequences of Second-Generation Hmong Social NetworkingFaith NibbsPolitical Spaces: The Ambivalent Experiences of Second-Generation Associations between Virtual and Real PlacesBruno RiccioLiving in Transnational Spaces: Azorean-Portuguese Descendants in QuebecJosiane Le Gall and Ana GherghelSpiritual Spaces: "Boat People" Legacies and the Vietnamese American 1.5 and Second GenerationLinda Ho PecheEducational Spaces: Representations of French Immigrant Youth in Mental HealthcareStephanie LarchancheLegal Spaces: Failed Asylum-Seeking Children in the Irish HomelandErin MoranAfterwordLouise Lamphere

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.4.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Anthropology • Family Policy • Sociology
• ISBN-10: 0-8265-2070-7 / 0826520707
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8265-2070-8 / 9780826520708