'I am a human being like you': An identification strategy to maintain continuity in a cultural contact zone

Human Development

Volumn 51, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 349-367

  O'Sullivan Lago, Ria ^a   De Abreu, Guida ^a   Burgess, Mark ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Contact zones; Cultural continuity; Cultural identity; Dialogical self theory; Immigrants; Nationals

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; CITIZENSHIP; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL CONTACT ZONE; CULTURAL CONTINUITY THEORY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; DEVELOPMENT; DIALOGICAL SELF THEORY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTEGRATION; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 58149386953     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000170897     Document Type: Review

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