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
Summary
Explores how teens from southern Somalia, who spent much of their childhood in East African refugee camps, are adapting to resettlement in the American Midwest, negotiating two sets of cultural expectations, those of the resettled Somali Bantu community and those of the surrounding US culture
