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Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English DOI: 10.1007/s11089-017-0769-x BibTeX citation key: Helsel2018 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General Keywords: Didactics, Ethnicity, Migration Creators: Helsel Collection: Pastoral Psychology |
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Abstract |
This paper describes the process of acculturation for immigrant adolescents using immigration-themed graphic novels. The author’s own experience as a third-culture child is offered as a starting point. The paper explains recent developments in acculturation theory. It uses vignettes from the graphic novels to show discrimination, ethnic bullying, and cultural self-definition. The article explains adolescents’ life-and-death need to belong in tension with a need to hold onto ethnic pride. It underscores that the painful process of working through cultural identifications is an important part of identity development and faith formation for adolescents.
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