Beschreibung:
For the children of immigrants around the world, belonging to a community is done on their own terms
Most recently, Americans have become familiar with the term "second generation" as it's applied to children of immigrants who now find themselves citizens of a nation built on the notion of assimilation. This common, worldwide experience is the topic of study inIdentity and the Second Generation. These children test and explore the definition of citizenship and their cultural identity through the outlets provided by the Internet, social media, and local community support groups. All these factors complicate the ideas of boundaries and borders, of citizenship, and even of home. Indeed, the second generation is a global community and endeavors to make itself a home regardless of state or citizenship.
This book explores the social worlds of the children of immigrants. Based on rich ethnographic research, the contributors illustrate how these young people, the so-called second generation, construct and negotiate their lives. Ultimately, the driving question is profoundly important on a universal level: How do these young people construct an identity and a sense of belonging for themselves, and how do they deal with processes of inclusion and exclusion?
Introduction
Faith Nibbs and Caroline Brettell
History and the Second Generation: Differences between Pre- and Postwar Japanese American Nisei
Takeyuki Tsuda
Organizational Leadership Spaces: Confronting Identities and Education for Leadership among Asian Youth
Caroline Brettell
"My friends make me who I am": The Social Spaces of Friendship among Second-Generation Youth
Lisa Haayen
Online Spaces: The Intra-Ethnic Consequences of Second-Generation Hmong Social Networking
Faith Nibbs
Political Spaces: The Ambivalent Experiences of Second-Generation Associations between Virtual and Real Places
Bruno Riccio
Living in Transnational Spaces: Azorean-Portuguese Descendants in Quebec
Josiane Le Gall and Ana Gherghel
Spiritual Spaces: "Boat People" Legacies and the Vietnamese American 1.5 and Second Generation
Linda Ho Peche
Educational Spaces: Representations of French Immigrant Youth in Mental Healthcare
Stephanie Larchanche
Legal Spaces: Failed Asylum-Seeking Children in the Irish Homeland
Erin Moran
Afterword
Louise Lamphere