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Communication and Identity in the Diaspora: Turkish Migrants in Amsterdam and Their Use of Media
Christine Ogan
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Description for Communication and Identity in the Diaspora: Turkish Migrants in Amsterdam and Their Use of Media
Hardback. Not only a superb case study on how the Netherlands' Turkish community defines itself, this remarkable book's message resonates across the wider European debate currently raging on immigration. Series: Program in Migration and Refugee Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DVT; GTC; JFC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
"If my feet are in Amsterdam, my head and heart are in Turkey." This is the dilemma of the Turkish "guestworkers" in Christine Ogan's fascinating new work on the Netherland's migrant population. Ogan explores the explosive impact the Turkish media has had on this particular diasporic community as they struggle to adapt to life in the West and to redefine their personal and collective identity. Never before have people who lived in adopted lands had such immediate and pervasive access to information and entertainment from their birth countries. Communication and Identity documents how these newly available communication media have enabled ... Read more
"If my feet are in Amsterdam, my head and heart are in Turkey." This is the dilemma of the Turkish "guestworkers" in Christine Ogan's fascinating new work on the Netherland's migrant population. Ogan explores the explosive impact the Turkish media has had on this particular diasporic community as they struggle to adapt to life in the West and to redefine their personal and collective identity. Never before have people who lived in adopted lands had such immediate and pervasive access to information and entertainment from their birth countries. Communication and Identity documents how these newly available communication media have enabled ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Series
Program in Migration and Refugee Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739102695
SKU
V9780739102695
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Ref
99-15
About Christine Ogan
Christine Ogan is Professor of Journalism at Indiana University. She is the coauthor of Newspaper Leadership (1986) and is the coeditor of the book From Parochialism to Globalism: International Perspectives on Journalism Education (1986).
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