Beyond Expectations

Second-Generation Nigerians in the United States and Britain

Onoso Imoagene (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

312 Seiten

2017
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-29231-4 (ISBN)

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Includes the multifaceted identities of second-generation Nigerian adults in the United States and Britain. The author argues that they conceive of an alternative notion of 'black' identity that differs radically from African American and Black Carribean notions of 'black' in the United States and Britain.

In Beyond Expectations, Onoso Imoagene delves into the multifaceted identities of second-generation Nigerian adults in the United States and Britain. She argues that they conceive of an alternative notion of "black" identity that differs radically from African American and Black Caribbean notions of "black" in the United States and Britain. Instead of considering themselves in terms of their country of destination alone, second-generation Nigerians define themselves in complicated ways that balance racial status, a diasporic Nigerian ethnicity, a pan-African identity, and identification with fellow immigrants. Based on over 150 interviews, Beyond Expectations seeks to understand how race, ethnicity, and class shape identity and how globalization, transnationalism, and national context inform sense of self.

Onoso Imoagene is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Acknowledgments Introduction 1 * Setting the Context: Immigration, Assimilation versus Racialization, and the African and Nigerian Diasporas in the United States and Britain 2 * "You Are Not Like Me!": The Impact of Intraracial Distinctions and Interethnic Relations on Identity Formation 3 * "It's Un-Nigerian Not to Go to College": Education as an Ethnic Boundary 4 * Forging a Diasporic Nigerian Ethnicity in the United States and Britain 5 * On the Horns of Racialization: Middle Class, Ethnic, and Black 6 * Feeling American in America, Not Feeling British in Britain Conclusion Appendix A: Notes on Method Appendix B: Ethnic Identification Information Notes References Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.04.2017
Zusatzinfo	1 graph, 6 tables, and 3 b-w i
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-520-29231-6 / 0520292316
ISBN-13	978-0-520-29231-4 / 9780520292314
Zustand	Neuware