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Title: Yearning to be free: The American Dreams and Ageing Realities of Older Migrants from the USSR
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Publication Year: 2015
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Abstract: It is the thesis of this chapter that the task of absorbing new immigrants to America is not simply the process of providing the resources for establishing home and employment and education but also the transformation of the values, norms, and worldview of the immigrants. Success is measured in part depending on the success of transmitting those values. While any immigrant to a new land might be expected to adopt the language and culture of their new homeland, many Americans assume that this is a 'natural' process in that they are now 'free' to behave as natural men and women. Therefore, difficulties in the process of acculturation are seen as entirely the problem of the immigrant, and sometimes seen as a fault. This creates what may be an insurmountable problem for those who migrate in old age and may never become 'American.'
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Authors: Glicksman, Allen
Editors: Ute Karl, Sandra Torres
Pages: 133-144
Volume Title: Ageing in Contexts of Migration: Routledge Advances in Sociology
Publisher: Routledge
Publisher Location: London
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other
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