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Accidental immigrants and the search for home : women, cultural identity, and community /

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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 Carol Kelley's poignant Accidental Immigrant...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kelley, Carol E., 1959-
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia PA : Temple University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Ethnicity > Case studies.
Group identity > Case studies.
Identity (Psychology) > Case studies.
Immigrant women > Case studies.
Immigrants > Cultural assimilation > Case studies.
Transnationalism > Case studies.
Women immigrants > Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Approaching Home; I. Accidental Immigrants: From Roots to Routes; II. Transitions: Negotiating Identity in a New Culture; III. Turning Points: Realization, Transformation, and Commitment; IV. Lejanía Cercana: Living "Closely Far" from Home; Notes; References; Index.