SOCI 348 - Constructing Immigrant Communities

Next Offered: Fall 2013
Semester Offered: Second Semester 2013-2014
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3SS
Why do people migrate? What kinds of jobs do they attain, and with what impact on other groups? Why and when do they maintain transnational communities or choose to assimilate? How does the second generation make sense of its experiences? Taking a comparative ethnic approach, we will examine immigrants? adaptation to better understand the nation and global processes generally. We will examine how race, ethnicity, gender, class, trans-nationalism, and sexuality shape these processes.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: P. Dhingra