Nigerian immigrants in the United States : race, identity, and acculturation
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書誌事項
Nigerian immigrants in the United States : race, identity, and acculturation
Lexington Books, c2012
- : cloth
大学図書館所蔵 全1件
注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Africans in America come from different regions of the continent; they speak different languages and are from different faith traditions. Nigerian Immigrants in the United States: Race, Identity, and Acculturation attempts to generate an interest in the study of African immigrants by looking at issues of settlement and adjustment of Nigerians in the United States. The literature is scanty about this group of immigrants and little is known about their motivations for moving to the United States and the issues that they face. The book therefore seeks to contribute to the immigration literature and knowledge base as well as document the African narrative showing the flight of Nigerians to the United States. The book further seeks to shine a light on the lives of these transplants as they settle into a new society. It describes those Nigerians who decided on their own to live permanently in the United States, reviewing the social circumstances and behaviors of immigrants from Nigeria, and noting the stress that affects successful integration and adjustment. The book explores the factors that contribute to the adaptation and integration of Nigerian immigrants living in some metropolitan areas of the United States and asks: how do the immigrants themselves interpret their experiences in a new society? In an attempt to answer this question, others are generated such as: Who are these Nigerians that have left their homeland? What has been their experience and how has this experience shaped them and their understanding of the immigration process? Lastly, it asks what we can learn from this experience. Employing the study of this population through the method of phenomenology, Nigerian Immigrants in the United States leads the reader to understand the experience of being different in America from the immigrants' perspectives and to see the experience through their eyes. Those who work with Nigerian immigrants will find this book insightful and revealing.
目次
Acknowledgment
Foreword
Part I Historical and Theoretical Approaches
Chapter 1 The African Immigrant in the United States
Chapter 2 Historical Review
Chapter 3 Theoretical Analysis of Immigration Policies
Chapter 4 Meaning making in the Immigration Experience
Part II Individual Stories of Immigrants: Approaches and Relevance in Human Services
Chapter 5 The Men Who Came as Students
Chapter 6 The Women who Came as Wives
Chapter 7 The Women who came as Students
Chapter 8 Permanent Visitors
Chapter 9 Visa Lottery Winners
Chapter 10 Adaptation and Integration into the American Society
Chapter 11 Tools and Resources of Adjustment
Chapter 12 Working With Nigerian Immigrants
References
About the Author
Index
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