Comics and in-Between Kids: Immigration-Themed Graphic Novels as a Resource for Second-Generation Adolescents
This paper describes the process of acculturation for immigrant adolescents using immigration-themed graphic novels. The author's own experience as a third-culture child is offered as a starting point. The paper explains recent developments in acculturation theory. It uses vignettes from the gr...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science Business Media B. V.
[2018]
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Pastoral psychology
Year: 2018, Volume: 67, Issue: 2, Pages: 125-139 |
RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture NCB Personal ethics ZF Education |
Further subjects: | B
Cultural identification
B Spirituality B Acculturation B Graphic Novels B Immigration B Ethnic bullying B Adolescents B Identity B Third-culture children |
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Summary: | This paper describes the process of acculturation for immigrant adolescents using immigration-themed graphic novels. The author's own experience as a third-culture child is offered as a starting point. The paper explains recent developments in acculturation theory. It uses vignettes from the graphic novels to show discrimination, ethnic bullying, and cultural self-definition. The article explains adolescents' life-and-death need to belong in tension with a need to hold onto ethnic pride. It underscores that the painful process of working through cultural identifications is an important part of identity development and faith formation for adolescents. |
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ISSN: | 1573-6679 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11089-017-0769-x |