Muslim American youth : understanding hyphenated identities through multiple methods

Muslim American youth understanding hyphenated identities through multiple methods

Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent “war on terror,” growing up Muslim in the U.S. has become a far more challenging task for young people. They must contend with popular cultural representations of Muslim-men-as-terrorists and Muslim-women-as-oppressed, the suspici...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sirin, Selcuk R. (-)
Other Authors: Fine, Michelle
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press c2008.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Qualitative studies in psychology.
Subjects:
Muslims > United States > Ethnic identity.
Muslims > United States > Psychology.
Muslims > United States > Social conditions.
Muslims > United States > Interviews.
Youth > United States > Psychology.
Youth > United States > Social conditions.
Youth > United States > Interviews.
Ethnicity > Research > United States > Methodology.
Social psychology > Research > United States > Methodology.
United States > Ethnic relations > Research > Methodology.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798372606719
Table of Contents:
  • Growing up in the shadow of moral exclusion
  • Muslim-Americans : history, demography, and diversity
  • Moral exclusion in a "nation of immigrants" : an American paradox
  • The weight of the hyphen : discrimination and coping
  • Negotiating the Muslim American hyphen : integrated, parallel, and conflictual paths
  • Contact zones : negotiating the space between self and others
  • Researching hyphenated selves across contexts
  • Appendix A: Survey measures
  • Appendix B: Individual interview protocol
  • Appendix C: Focus-group protocols
  • Appendix D: Identity maps coding sheet.

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