Naslov
Ethnic Identity and Acculturation Process: Bosnian Immigrant Adolescents in Croatia

Autori
Peternel, Lana ; Sujoldžić, Anita

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Abstracts - 10th Biennial EASA (European Association of Social Anthropologists) Conference: Experiencing Diversity and Mutuality (Ljubljana, Slovenija. 26-29.08.2008.) / Mesarič, Andreja ; Repič, Jaka ; Bartulović, Alenka - Ljubljana : Filozofska fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani, 2008, 390-390

ISBN
978-961-237-247-7

Skup
10th Biennial EASA (European Association of Social Anthropologists) Conference

Mjesto i datum
Ljubljana, Slovenija, 26.08.2008. - 29.08.2008

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
anthropology; acculturation; ethnic identity; immigrants; Croatia

Sažetak
By their origin the Bosnian adolescent immigrants in Croatia do not belong to ethnically and religiously homogeneous population. On the contrary, a number of them are Muslims by religion ; and the rest are Catholics. In spite of numerous cultural similarities with host population in Croatia, immigrant adolescent groups and the host population originate from culturally different traditions. Depending on how these cultural differences are perceived by the host community members, the construction of ethnic identity of the adolescent immigrants may be influenced by the concealed or pronounced, institutional or personal discriminatory practices. Based on that discrepancy in the perception and comprehension of the “ other” , the construction of immigrant adolescent ethnic identity during the acculturation process is strongly influenced by the stereotypes, prejudices, and finally discrimination. Goal of this paper is to show how multidimensional ethnic identification of Bosnian immigrant adolescents indicates different acculturation strategies in everyday practice and how these strategies corresponded with current acculturation orientation of host adolescent population. In that context, we will show how different cultural symbols like language or dialect become meaningful in the construction of ethnic identity and how ethnic identification could be indicator of psychological and social outcomes.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Etnologija i antropologija

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