Somali Refugees in America - Community Gardens As Spaces of Refuge

This study, based at a community garden in a small town in Minnesota, explores different factors that affect the acculturation process of twenty Somali refugee women. Using Berry's framework of acculturation patterns, the study also looks at how social capital complements the process of acculturation.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Somali Life in America
Chapter 2: Putting the Community in the Garden
Chapter 3: To Become American or Not?
Conclusion: How to Talk about the Displaced
Appendix: Questionnaire for the Interviews
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Anadil Iftekhar received her PhD from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in December.

Product details

• Authors: Anadil Iftekhar, Anadil Iftekhar
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2025
• EAN: 9781666963557
• ISBN: 978-1-66696-355-7
• No. of pages: 124
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social welfare and social services, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, Refugees and political asylum, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, Social welfare, social policy and social services