| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 270 pages) |
| Series |
The new Americans |
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New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Contents |
Ch. 1: Why the Russians? -- Prologue -- Personal stance -- Pilot study -- Introduction -- Theoretical basis -- Participants -- Ch. 2: Relevant literature -- Russian experience -- Western beauty ideal and disordered eating -- Ch. 3: Family portraits -- The Arbers -- The Golders -- The Kaplans -- The Levins -- The Weiss family -- Ch. 4: Major themes -- Category I : social issues -- Category II : family relationships -- Category III : self -- Category IV : food and eating -- Category V : losses and gains of emigration -- Ch. 5: Discussion and recommendations -- Discussion of the results -- Reflections of the investigator -- Methodological considerations |
| Summary |
Kishinevsky's study surveys the acculturation of and response to American culture by three generations of Russian immigrant women. Kishinevsky tells the stores of three generations of women who immigrated to the United States from Russia and satellite states, inviting the reader into their reality and presenting their worldviews, attitudes and perspectives through powerful and exciting life stories. She interviewed five triads of immigrant women (retired grandmothers, midlife mothers and teenage daughters). Her analysis of these powerful pieces yields unexpected conclusions about the strength of family ties and intergenerational influences that continue to shape the worldview of young Russian-Americans. The book is written from a multicultural perspective exploring such general issues as acculturation, assimilation and psychological adjustment of immigrants as it applies to the Russian immigrants |
| Analysis |
Samfundsvidenskab Sociologi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-268) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Russian Americans -- Social conditions
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Russian Americans -- Cultural assimilation
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Russian Americans -- Cultural assimilation
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Einwanderung
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Akkulturation
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USA
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Russen.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
159332118X |
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9781593321185 |
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9781593320560 |
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1593320566 |
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