Cultural Adaptation of Somali Refugee Youth.
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TextPublisher: New York : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (278 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781593323493
- Somali American teenagers -- Cultural assimilation -- Case studies
- Refugees -- Cultural assimilation -- United States
- Somali American teenagers -- Ethnic identity -- Case studies
- Somali American teenagers -- Education -- Case studies
- Minorities -- Education (Secondary) -- United States -- Case studies
- 305.89/354073
- E184.S67 -- S54 2008eb
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Theoretical and Sociocultural Contexts -- Theoretical Anchors -- Ethnographic Background -- The Field and Field Work -- Findings -- Student Profiles -- HASSAN -- ICE -- JOHN Keeping the peace -- ADAM Not taking it seriously -- SAMUEL I don't care -- AHMED Making it in America -- HAWEEYA The girl in the middle -- UBAH Taking care of yourself -- AWRALA Belonging somewhere -- FAADUMO Street smart -- SUFIA Remembering who you are -- ALIAA Not being wild anymore -- Expressions of Identity -- Responding to multiple contexts -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
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