Understanding the Culture of Ahiska Turks in Wheaton, Illinois: A Case Study

Autor/in	Avci, Omer
Titel	Understanding the Culture of Ahiska Turks in Wheaton, Illinois: A Case Study
Quelle	In: Qualitative Report, 17 (2012), Artikel 87 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-0147
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Semi Structured Interviews; Immigrants; Males; Family (Sociological Unit); Family Influence; Islam; Role of Religion; Muslims; Turkish; Language Role; Language Maintenance; Collective Settlements; Marriage; Ethnicity; Cultural Influences; Social Attitudes; Authoritarianism; Cultural Maintenance; Social Mobility; Educational Attainment; Georgia Republic; Illinois; Russia; Turkey; United States; Uzbekistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Familie; Muslim; Muslimin; Türkisch; Sprachpflege; Schlichtungsverfahren; Ehe; Ethnizität; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Autoritarismus; Soziale Mobilität; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Russland; Türkei; USA
Abstract	This study focuses on the cultural characteristics of Ahiska Turks in Wheaton, Illinois in the United States. By trying to understand the culture of the participants, I sought to shed light on how the Ahiska Turks managed to cope with the hardship they experienced and yet preserved their ethnic identities. In this multicase study, I interviewed six male Ahiska Turks. As a result of my analyses, eight themes emerged: family, religion (i.e., Islam), language (i.e., Turkish), communal life, endogamy, authoritarianism, oppression against the preservation of culture and identity, and education for upward mobility. The Ahiska Turks' agrarian way of life, the preservation of their language, and their preference of integration to the larger society for acculturation make them who they are today. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10