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Revolutions in Microcosm : Migration, Meaning, and Mothering by Iranian-Americans

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Kazemipour, Whitney White

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TextProducer: Los Angeles, CA : University of California 2011Subject(s):

IMMIGRATION

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Abstract: How do the simultaneously cognitive and emotional tasks of mothering and the creation of meaning shpae the host-country adaptation of immigrants? How does migration affect motherin? Through in-depth interviewing of ten 1.5-generation, Baha'i and Muslim Iranian-American immigrant mothers, interpreted within the context of extensive participant observation, this dissertation seeks to answer these questions.

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How do the simultaneously cognitive and emotional tasks of mothering and the creation of meaning shpae the host-country adaptation of immigrants? How does migration affect motherin? Through in-depth interviewing of ten 1.5-generation, Baha'i and Muslim Iranian-American immigrant mothers, interpreted within the context of extensive participant observation, this dissertation seeks to answer these questions.