Racial and religious contexts: situational identities among Lebanese and Somali Muslim immigrants

This study addresses the racial and religious contexts of identity formation among Lebanese immigrants to the United States of America and Somali immigrants to Canada. Each enters with a different racial status: Lebanese as white; Somalis as black/visible minority. Ethnographic interviews explore th...

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Main Author: Ajrouch, Kristine J. (Author)
Contributors: Kusow, Abdi M. (Other)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2007
In: Ethnic and racial studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 72-94
Further subjects:B Religious identity
B Usa
B Somalier
B Relationstechnik
B Assimilation Sociology
B Population group
B Muslim
B Vereinigte Staaten Canada International migration Religiöse Bevölkerungsgruppe Muslime Lebanese people Somalier Identity Assimilation Theory formation Relationstechnik Simile
B International migration
B Canada
B Lebanese people
B Simile
B Theory formation
B Identity