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'It's just a name?' Young people in Canada and Germany discuss 'national' belonging'

Schmitt, Irina LU orcid (2007) p.81-96
Abstract
Both Canada and Germany are multi-cultural societies, but with different approaches to this reality. In this chapter, I explore the question of how young people understand and define their social positions, and how much the process is influenced by the societies they live in. I use material from a qualitative research project in one German and one Canadian secondary school. Young people with and without migrant backgrounds shared their experiences and analyses with me, discussing issues of belonging on a number of levels. Drawing on some of these discussions, I seek to show if and how structural differences on the nation-state level materialise in the way participants reproduce different discourses on “national” belonging. Statements of... (More)
Both Canada and Germany are multi-cultural societies, but with different approaches to this reality. In this chapter, I explore the question of how young people understand and define their social positions, and how much the process is influenced by the societies they live in. I use material from a qualitative research project in one German and one Canadian secondary school. Young people with and without migrant backgrounds shared their experiences and analyses with me, discussing issues of belonging on a number of levels. Drawing on some of these discussions, I seek to show if and how structural differences on the nation-state level materialise in the way participants reproduce different discourses on “national” belonging. Statements of the Canadian participants are central here, and complemented by the comparative perspective of their German counterparts. (Less)
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subject
keywords
multi-culturalism, Germany, Canada, national belonging, youth, migration
host publication
Jugend, Migration und Zugehörigkeit. Subjektpositionierungen im Kontext von Jugendkultur, Ethnizitäts- und Geschlechterkonstruktionen
editor
Riegel, Christine and Geisen, Thomas
pages
81 - 96
publisher
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN
978-3-531-15251-6
project
“Transfer of Cultural Praxes and Norms: Allochthonous and Autochthonous Youths between Parents, School, and Peer Group”
language
English
LU publication?
no
additional info
2nd edition in print
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1910b0b6-a450-4a88-8983-c04debddc2e7 (old id 1301478)
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2016-04-04 09:53:48
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2018-11-21 20:55:34
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  author       = {{Schmitt, Irina}},
  booktitle    = {{Jugend, Migration und Zugehörigkeit. Subjektpositionierungen im Kontext von Jugendkultur, Ethnizitäts- und Geschlechterkonstruktionen}},
  editor       = {{Riegel, Christine and Geisen, Thomas}},
  isbn         = {{978-3-531-15251-6}},
  keywords     = {{multi-culturalism; Germany; Canada; national belonging; youth; migration}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{81--96}},
  publisher    = {{VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften}},
  title        = {{'It's just a name?' Young people in Canada and Germany discuss 'national' belonging'}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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