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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"immigrant family"”.
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A social exchange and power dependency theory perspective of Mexican immigrant family communication patterns
<p>This study aimed to identify the family communication patterns that were typical of Mexican immigrant'schildhood and parenthood, along with the influence that resources and the distribution of power and dependency have within the family structure. In doing so, this study demonstrated how a …
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Exploring a Prefigurative Culture in the Immigrant Family: A look at the sociolinguistic impact of children on the immigrant parent
… the population in the United States is that of immigrants. With this increase in recent immigration, the population of limited English speakers has also increased which includes both children and adults. While much research has been done in terms of how bilingualism and biculturalism have …
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La Famiglia: Twentieth-Century Transisitons of the Italian-American Family and the Resultant Changes in Gender and Generational Relationships
… became the recipient of six million Italian immigrants. These men, women and children arrived with few personal possessions but many Old World cultural values regarding family unity, honor, and tradition. This project, coupling historical fact with anecdotal testimony, first explores the …
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They, Too Sing America : Braided Narratives About Immigrants and the American Dream
<p>This collection explores issues of immigrant identity such as otherness, loneliness, and unhomeliness, and analyzes the pervasiveness of the American Dream in American culture. This work uses the vocabulary of Race theory and Postcolonial theory to offer a fuller understanding of the challenges …
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Elements of folklore in “House of Houses” by Pat Mora
Growing up in an immigrant family in America is a challenge for individuals, for they face the dilemma of abandoning their cultural identity through assimilation into the mainstream Anglo-American culture. Pat Mora, a Mexican-American writer, in her memoir House of Houses develops the theme of the …
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A Qualitative Exploration Of Trauma, Familismo, And Resilience In Three Mexican Immigrant Families.
… and other generational factors impact Mexican immigrant families. While intergenerational trauma has been well-documented among Holocaust survivors, war veterans, and historically marginalized communities, limited research has examined how such patterns manifest in Latin American immigrant …
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Socialization Trajectories of Civic Development: Examining Variation Among Children in Black Immigrant and African American Families
… development and suggests that being from an immigrant family is associated with differential civic outcomes relative to their non-immigrant counterparts.</p>
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Balanced at the Last Straw: Reflections on Sandwich Generation
… extended multi-generational multilingual Italian immigrant family, trained in the stories, folk-wisdom, and inter-generational cooking traditions.</p> <p>In my manuscript, I use cooking as sign posts and metaphors. What is the dynamic between these often conflicting realities? How did emotions, …
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Later-Life Filipino Immigrants in the Greater Toronto Area: A Case Study of Health Status and Utilization of Services
… into the health and aging experiences of immigrants, with specific reference to the Filipino immigrant community. The two-fold purpose of this study was to first examine how ethnicity and immigration operate within various settings of senior-centered community and health care services. …
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School, family, and community partnerships as pathways to support Vietnamese immigrant children's early learning in Saskatchewan: A case study within the Saskatoon Vietnamese community
… case study was to understand Vietnamese immigrant parents’ conceptualizations and practices related to school, family, and community partnerships that support their children’s early learning and development in a Canadian context. The study was guided by three research questions: In what …
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Worlding through popular culture: Sport as a race/ethno making project in Korean America
… explores the social formation of Korean immigrants and Korean Americans in immigrant America. I attempted to articulate how sport works as a public pedagogy that specifies Asian racialization. My argument in this dissertation is straightforward: Sport is what I term a race/ethno-making …
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The Historian’s Daughter (A novel); Monsters and Memory (An essay)
… Daughter’ is a work of fiction based on family memories and historical research that speaks to the trauma of abandonment and displacement in an immigrant family living in Australia. The accompanying essay is titled ‘Monsters and Memory’ and is an autoethnographical text which combines …
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Navigating a bilingual/biliterate childhood: a longitudinal study of three second-generation young learners in the U.S.
… case study of three children growing up in one immigrant family attempts to capture the multi-layered and interwoven socio-cultural and educational experiences of early bilingual and biliteracy development. Three research questions were examined: 1. What were the language and literacy practices …
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Exploring sense of indebtedness toward parents among Korean American youth
… indication of positive relationships in Korean immigrant families. Evidence suggests the important role of Korean Amercian youth’s positive meaning-making in their perceptions of their parents and past family challenges, as well as the salience of their perception of parental sacrifice in the …
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Family language practices of Kazakh immigrant families in the United States
Guided by the theoretical framework of family language policy, this project aims explore Kazakh immigrants’ family language ideologies, managements, and practices in the United States. Using the semi-structured interview approach, data were collected from three Kazakh immigrant families in Southern …