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Improvised Adolescence : Somali Bantu Teenage Refugees in America.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World SeriesPublisher: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (174 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780299303235
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Improvised AdolescenceDDC classification:
  • 305.893/54073
LOC classification:
  • E184
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- 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 Adulthood -- Works Cited -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- 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 Adulthood -- Works Cited -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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