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UNINA9910797155103321 |
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Autore |
Grady Sandra |
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Titolo |
Improvised adolescence : Somali Bantu teenage refugees in America / / Sandra Grady |
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Madison, Wisconsin ; ; London, England : , : The University of Wisconsin Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (174 p.) |
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Collana |
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Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Somalis - Cultural assimilation - United States |
Somalis - United States - Social life and customs |
Bantu-speaking peoples - Cultural assimilation - United States |
Somali American teenagers |
Refugees - Somalia |
Teenage refugees - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 AdulthoodWorks Cited; Index |
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