Serah Shani

African Immigrant Families in the United States (eBook, ePUB)

Transnational Lives and Schooling

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Sub-Saharan African immigrants are emerging as the new model minority in the United States, excelling in education and social mobility. In African Immigrant Families in the United States: Transnational Lives and Schooling, Serah Shani examines the socioeconomic and cultural mechanisms behind their high levels of success. Shani explores the dynamics of Ghanaian transnational immigrants' lives and portrays a complex relationship between class, context, beliefs, and cultural practices. This book is recommended for scholars of anthropology, sociology, education, and African studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498562102
• Artikelnr.: 56799103

Autorenporträt

Serah Shani is assistant professor of anthropology at Westmont College

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The New York City Ghanaian Network Village: Sociocultural
Transnational lives and Identity Formation Chapter 2: Ghanaian
Transnational Migrants' Histories and Trajectories Chapter 3: A Comparative
Stance: Dualism and Ambivalences in Ghanaian Attitudes, Views and Values of
schooling in NYC Chapter 4: The Role of Religious Institutions, Community
and Country of Origin Resources as Mechanisms to Education Success Chapter
5: Parents, Children, and Teachers: A Home-School Cultural and Pedagogical
Interaction