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Author Kishinevsky, Vera, 1953-

Title Russian immigrants in the United States : adapting to American culture / Vera Kishinevsky.

Publication Info. New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 270 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The new Americans
New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-268) and index.
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.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Subject Russian Americans -- Social conditions.
Russian Americans.
Social conditions.
Russian Americans -- Cultural assimilation.
Russian Americans -- Cultural assimilation.
Indexed Term Samfundsvidenskab Sociologi.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Kishinevsky, Vera, 1953- Russian immigrants in the United States. New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2004 1593320566 (DLC) 2004012667 (OCoLC)55534979
ISBN 159332118X (electronic book)
9781593321185 (electronic book)
9781593320560 (alkaline paper)
1593320566 (alkaline paper)