Beyond expectations : second-generation Nigerians in the United States and Britain / Onoso Imoagene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Imoagene, Onoso, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nigerians--United States--Social conditions.

Nigerians.

Nigerians--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Children of immigrants--United States--Social conditions.

Children of immigrants.

Children of immigrants--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Great Britain.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 298 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]

Summary:

In Beyond Expectations, Onoso Imoagene delves into the multifaceted identities of second-generation Nigerian adults in the United States and Britain. She argues that they conceive of an alternative notion of "black" identity that differs radically from African American and Black Caribbean notions of "black" in the United States and Britain. Instead of considering themselves in terms of their country of destination alone, second-generation Nigerians define themselves in complicated ways that balance racial status, a diasporic Nigerian ethnicity, a pan-African identity, and identification with fellow immigrants. Based on over 150 interviews, Beyond Expectations seeks to understand how race, ethnicity, and class shape identity and how globalization, transnationalism, and national context inform sense of self. Book jacket.

Contents:

Setting the context : immigration, assimilation versus racialization, and the African and Nigerian diasporas in Britain and America

"You are not like me!?" : the impact of intra-racial distinctions and inter-ethnic relations on identity formation

"It's un-Nigerian not to go to college" : education as an ethnic boundary

Forging a diasporic Nigerian ethnicity in the United States and Britain

On the horns of racialization : middle class, ethnic, and black

Feeling American in America, not feeling British in Britain.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Imoagene, Onoso, 1977- author. Beyond expectations.

ISBN:

9780520292314

0520292316

9780520292321

0520292324

OCLC:

958224522