Becoming Bicultural : Risk, Resilience, and Latino Youth / Martica Bacallao, Paul R. Smokowski.
Smokowski, Paul R., author.; Bacallao, Martica, author.
2011
E184.A1 S6655 2016
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Title Becoming Bicultural : Risk, Resilience, and Latino Youth / Martica Bacallao, Paul R. Smokowski.
Author Smokowski, Paul R., author.
ISBN 9780814708798
DOI https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814740897.001.0001
Published New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2011]
Copyright ©2011
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.18574/nyu/9780814740897.001.0001 doi
Call Number E184.A1 S6655 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.800973
Summary Although the United States has always been a nation of immigrants, the recent demographic shifts resulting in burgeoning young Latino and Asian populations have literally changed the face of the nation. This wave of massive immigration has led to a nationwide struggle with the need to become bicultural, a difficult and sometimes painful process of navigating between ethnic cultures.While some Latino adolescents become alienated and turn to antisocial behavior and substance use, others go on to excel in school, have successful careers, and build healthy families. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative data ranging from surveys to extensive interviews with immigrant families, Becoming Bicultural explores the individual psychology, family dynamics, and societal messages behind bicultural development and sheds light on the factors that lead to positive or negative consequences for immigrant youth. Paul R. Smokowski and Martica Bacallao illuminate how immigrant families, and American communities in general, become bicultural and use their bicultural skills to succeed in their new surroundings The volume concludes by offering a model for intervention with immigrant teens and their families which enhances their bicultural skills.
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Frontmatter
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
1. From Melting Pot to Simmering Stew: Acculturation, Enculturation, Assimilation, and Biculturalism in American Racial Dynamics
2. Enculturation after Immigration: How Latino Family Systems Change and How They Stay the Same during the Diffuse, Bifurcated Stage of Acculturation Contact
3. From Contact to Conflict: How Assimilation Mechanisms Underpin the Exploration and Adaptation Stage in Bicultural Development
4. Balancing between Two Worlds: The Integration Stage of Bicultural Development
5. Cultural Adaptation Styles and Health: Risks of Staying Separate or Assimilating
6. The Benefits of Biculturalism: Savoring the Flavors in the Simmering Stew
7. Entre Dos Mundos/Between Two Worlds: A Bicultural Skills Training Prevention Program to Help Immigrant Families Cope with Acculturation Stress
References
Index
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