Strangers in new homelands : the social deconstruction and reconstruction of "home" among immigrants in the disapora / / edited by Michael Baffoe ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.9; 305.906912
• Soggetto topico: Emigration and immigration - Psychological aspects; Home - Psychological aspects; Home - Social aspects; Identity (Psychology) - Social aspects; Immigrants - Cultural assimilation; Immigrants - Psychology
• Altri autori: BaffoeMichael
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; SECTION A; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; SECTION B; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; SECTION C; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS; ABOUT THE EDITORS
• Sommario/riassunto: Strangers in New Homelands is a collection of papers emanating from Annual International Conferences on the Social Reconstruction of the concept of "home" among immigrants in the diaspora. For many immigrants in the diaspora, the concept of "home", around which this conference has revolved, evokes confusion, fear, hopes, and aspirations. The presentations in this book therefore seek to throw light on what this concept means for many people who have uprooted themselves from their familiar env...
• Titolo autorizzato: Strangers in new homelands
• ISBN: 1-4438-4681-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821847803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II