Ethnic and Religious Identity Retention among Second-Generation Arab Youths in Montreal
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Ethnic and Religious Identity Retention among Second-Generation Arab Youths in Montreal
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| Abstract |
The author examines the relationship between ethnic and religious identity retention among Arab-origin students from five CEGEPs in Montreal. The author pays special attention to the influence of three socio-cultural factors: parental socialization, gender-related traditionalism, and perceived discrimination and stereotyping. He examines how group boundaries among the second generation emerge from re-appropriations of pre-fabricated ethnic labels and identities. He argues that although these youths identify strongly with their ethnic culture and community, nonetheless, they fail to show matching levels of enmeshment in ethnic-based socialization networks. He also found that religion is more experienced by these youths as a group boundary marker, than as a binding frame of religious prescriptions and rituals. His data strongly suggest that religion and ethnicity are intertwined within these youths' identity structure.
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PhD dissertation
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University of Toronto
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Toronto, ON
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2002
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en
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Eid, Paul. “Ethnic and Religious Identity Retention among Second-Generation Arab Youths in Montreal.” PhD dissertation, University of Toronto, 2002. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk4/etd/NQ74781.PDF.
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