Old Dreams, New Realities: Symbolic Capital and Identity Development among DR Congo Migrants

Autor/inn/en	Hetrick, Darrin; Bernini, Emny Nicole Batista de Sousa; Johnson, David Cassels
Titel	Old Dreams, New Realities: Symbolic Capital and Identity Development among DR Congo Migrants
Quelle	In: Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 15 (2021) 3, S.180-192 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Johnson, David Cassels)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-5692
DOI	10.1080/15595692.2021.1954613
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Immigrants; Acculturation; Identification (Psychology); Social Capital; Cultural Capital; Culture Conflict; Expectation; Congo; Iowa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Akkulturation; Sozialkapital; Kulturkonflikt; Expectancy; Erwartung; Kongo
Abstract	Immigrants and refugees from the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo represent one of the largest migrant groups coming to the U.S. Yet little has been written about this unique group of migrants, particularly regarding their experiences of identity development and cultural integration. Therefore, this paper critically investigates how migrants from DR Congo conceptualize their lives in the U.S. We use notions of "identity" and "language investment" as defined by Norton as well as Bourdieu's concepts of cultural, social, and linguistic "capital" to analyze interview data from 15 migrants currently living in a small community in the Midwest. Using the tools of qualitative data analysis we argue that while DR Congo migrants believe acquiring various forms of capital will help them achieve their imagined identities, their new experiences are burdened with unforeseen obstacles, both obvious and hidden, which impede the process of integration into U.S. society. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01