| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 298 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Setting the context : immigration, assimilation versus racialization, and the African and Nigerian diasporas in Britain and America -- "You are not like me!?" : the impact of intra-racial distinctions and inter-ethnic relations on identity formation -- "It's un-Nigerian not to go to college" : education as an ethnic boundary -- Forging a diasporic Nigerian ethnicity in the United States and Britain -- On the horns of racialization : middle class, ethnic, and black -- Feeling American in America, not feeling British in Britain. |
| Summary |
In Beyond Expectations, Onoso Imoagene delves into the multifaceted identities of second-generation Nigerian adults in the United States and Britain. She argues that they conceive of an alternative notion of ""black"" identity that differs radically from African American and Black Caribbean notions of ""black"" in the United States and Britain. Instead of considering themselves in terms of their country of destination alone, second-generation Nigerians define themselves in complicated ways that balance racial status, a diasporic Nigerian ethnicity, a pan-African identity, and identification wi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nigerians -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Nigerians. |
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United States. |
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Social conditions. |
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Nigerians -- Great Britain -- Social conditions.
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Great Britain. |
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Children of immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Children of immigrants. |
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Children of immigrants -- Great Britain -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Imoagene, Onoso, 1977- Beyond expectations. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520292314 (DLC) 2016040311 |
| ISBN |
9780520965881 (electronic book) |
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0520965884 (electronic book) |
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9780520292314 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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