Immigration and Acculturation: Mourning, Adaptation, and the Next Generation

by Salman Akhtar

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Moving from one country to another causes a radical alteration of one's cultural and geophysical surround. Separation from friends and family, loss of valued possessions, and encountering new ways of living result in mental pain and disorienting anxieties. In Immigration and Acculturation, Salman Akhtar examines the traumatic impact of immigration and the acculturation process and the psychological defenses that are mobilized in the immigrant,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0765708248

ISBN13:9780765708243

Release Date:December 2010

Publisher:Jason Aronson

Length:310 Pages

Weight:1.46 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.9" x 9.0"

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Psychology Social Science Social Sciences

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