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Identifier	Thesis 2065
Author	Lechanu, Doina G.,1954-
Title	Bosnian war widows in Hartford : explaining uneven integration
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2010
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	Between 1996 and 2000 a great number of Bosnian refugee women, single, married or widowed, traumatized by war and loss, were relocated in the ‘South End’ of Hartford, owing to a large program of resettlement launched by the U.S. Department of State. Having experienced the horrors of a genocidal “ethnic cleansing” in their country, these Bosnian refugee women faced a new challenge: that of integration in the American ‘melting pot’i. Within the thriving community that developed during the past decade in Hartford, Bosnian women experienced conflicting and uneven social integration. The majority displayed a successful adjustment to the American surroundings, functioned well at different levels of activities in the Bosnian community or city life. However, a number of them were socially and physically invisible, disillusioned and apathetic. This research suggests that a range of coincidental factors, such as marital status, educational standing, and age, are responsible for success in integration, but that one factor-marital status-is a chief indicator of problematic acculturation. I hyphosyse that women who had their husbands and family members around them while living in a hostile or new environment, retained more stable moral support and motivation to accept change. Others, who were single or widowed, relied mostly on each other in order to recreate a lost identity and normality in their life. Data for this study came from observation and interviews with eighteen women, members of a Bosnian group, who met regularly for ESL classes or gathered for drinking coffee or knitting. Interviews contained open-ended questions about their experiences as refugees and their roles within a Bosnian family. Participation was based on volunteerism and women were free to withdraw at any time from discussions. The real names and personal data of the informants are not cited in this study out of respect for their privacy.
Subject	Bosnians--Connecticut--Hartford--Social conditions Women refugees--Connecticut--Hartford--Social conditions Women refugees--Bosnia and Hercegovina War widows--Services for--Connecticut--Hartford Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Refugees
Department	Department of International and Area Studies
Advisor	Kideckel, David A., 1948-
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
Rights	This is a restricted file
OCLC number	713735016
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