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Author Kelley, Carol E., 1959-

Title Accidental immigrants and the search for home : women, cultural identity, and community / Carol E. Kelley
Published Philadelphia PA : Temple University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (190 pages)
Series UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
Contents Introduction : Approaching Home -- Accidental Immigrants : From Roots to Routes -- Transitions : Negotiating Identity in a New Culture -- Turning Points : Realization, Transformation, and Commitment -- Lejanía Cercana : Living "Closely Far" from Home
Summary The effect of immigration on individual lives is not short lived. Those who stay in an adopted country permanently go through a continual process of adjustment and learning both about their new country - and about themselves. The four women profiled in this book challenge immigrant stereotypes as their lives are transformed by moving to new countries for reasons of marriage, education, or career - not economics or politics. The intimate stories of these "accidental" immigrants broaden conventional notions of home
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-169) and index
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Subject Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation -- Case studies
Women immigrants -- Case studies
Ethnicity -- Case studies
Group identity -- Case studies
Identity (Psychology) -- Case studies
Transnationalism -- Case studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Ethnicity
Group identity
Identity (Psychology)
Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation
Transnationalism
Women immigrants
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012032081
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