Crossing Borders: Interdisciplinarity, Immigration and the Melting Pot in the American Cultural Imaginary

Abu‐Laban, Yasmeen; Lamont, Victoria

doi:10.3138/cras.1997.27.2.23

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“…This metaphor was popularized as a result of British playwright Israel Zangwill's play "The Melting Pot" which premiered in 1908 in a period of American history in which there was a lot of anxiety about the so-called "new immigrants" from southern and eastern Europe (Abu-Laban and Lamont, 1997). Notably, the play drew very mixed reviews which was indicative of the anxiety surrounding the new immigration (Abu-Laban and Lamont, 1997).…”

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Recognition, Re-distribution and Solidarity: The Case of Multicultural Canada

Abu‐Laban

2018

Diversity and Contestations Over Nationalism in Europe and Canada

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Responding to Complex Diversity in Europe and Canada ONLINE WORKING PAPER SERIES RECODE, a research networking programme financed through the European Science Foundation (ESF), is intended to explore to what extent the processes of transnationalisation, migration, religious mobilisation and cultural differentiation entail a new configuration of social conflict in post-industrial societies-a possible new constellation labelled complex diversity. RECODE brings together scholars from across Europe and Canada in a series of scientific activities. More information about the programme and the working papers series is available via the RECODE websites: www.recode.fi www.recode.info www.esf.org/recode

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Recognition, Re-distribution and Solidarity: The Case of Multicultural Canada

Abu‐Laban

2018

Diversity and Contestations Over Nationalism in Europe and Canada

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“…In each country, the social constructions of immigration as a policy or social problem have deep sympathies with preexisting national mythologies surrounding immigration and ethnicity. That immigrants are central mythological symbols is evidenced most obviously in the long-standing popular purchase of the notion that in the United States individual immigrants can shed their ethnicity and assimilate, whereas in Canada the country is unproblematically "multicultural" and open to difference (Abu-Laban 2002;Abu-Laban and Lamont 1997;Croucher 1997). Despite research evidence that suggests similarities, the United States and Canada are often popularly depicted as distinct when it comes to immigration (Reitz and Breton 1994).…”

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The Construction of the Geography of Immigration as a Policy Problem

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2005

Urban Affairs Review

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The release of 2000 U.S. Census and 2001 Canadian Census data sparked significant interest in immigrant dispersal outside major urban centers. This article analyze show the meaning of immigration settlement patterns is socially constructed by using a comparative textual analysis of newspaper coverage of census findings as well as government documents and think tank studies. The authors argue that in Canada, immigration settlement is interpreted as a national policy problem necessitating federal state intervention, whereas presentations in U.S. print media construct immigration settlement as the outcome of choices made by individual immigrants and, thus, as local policy problems. In each case, construction of immigrant dispersal draws on national mythologies and omits alternative interpretations of the geography of immigrant settlement.

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“…The term “melting pot” has described the United States since its birth as a nation, referencing the large ethnic and immigrant populations that have maintained, developed, and assimilated their cultures within the country (Abu-Laban & Lamont, 1997). First- and second-generation Americans are often touted as one of the fastest growing populations within the United States and will account for “around 93% of the growth of working-age individuals between now and 2050” (Passel & Rohal, 2015, p. 33).…”

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Familial and Parental Ethnic Socialization Within Majority, Minority, and Multiracial Groups

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As ethnic diversity grows within the United States, so does the need for understanding ethnic identity (EI), which develops through ethnic socialization (ES). In a family context, this is known as familial ethnic socialization (FES), whereas parental ethnic socialization (PES) refers to ethnically socializing one’s children. This study explores differences and similarities in EI, FES, and PES between ethnic majority, minority, and multiracial groups. It also introduces PES as an emerging construct in EI research.

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Crossing Borders: Interdisciplinarity, Immigration and the Melting Pot in the American Cultural Imaginary

Cited by 5 publications

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Recognition, Re-distribution and Solidarity: The Case of Multicultural Canada

Recognition, Re-distribution and Solidarity: The Case of Multicultural Canada

The Construction of the Geography of Immigration as a Policy Problem

Familial and Parental Ethnic Socialization Within Majority, Minority, and Multiracial Groups

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