Racial and religious contexts: Situational identities among Lebanese and Somali Muslim immigrants

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-94

  Ajrouch, Kristine J ^a   Kusow, Abdi M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Identity; Immigration; Lebanese; Muslim; Race; Somali

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CULTURAL IDENTITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; RACIAL IDENTITY; RELIGION;

AFRICA; ASIA; CANADA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; SOMALIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751189863     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870601006553     Document Type: Article

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