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Household and family among Lebanese immigrants in Nova Scotia: continuity, change and adaption
Journal of comparative family studies • 22 (1) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 39-56
By: Jabbra, Nancy Walstrom.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study Jabbra examines culture change in the Lebanese-Canadian community by examining and comparing three different communities: i) Lebanese ('Stage I'), ii) First-Generation Lebanese-Canadian ('Stage II'), and iii) Second-Generation Lebanese-Canadian ('Stage III'). She focuses primarily on economic activities of households, household structure, and family norms and values. She finds that in Lebanon, households are still important social, economic, and political units; and division of labor in the housheold is based on gender and generation. In Stage II, immigrant households are smaller in size and have a reduced importance because of the Canadian legal and economic structure. Women 'become mainly consumers and specialists in social and biological reproduction (p. 54).' However norms and values change little. In stage III, class differences emerge in the community; the household, usually a nuclear family, is no longer a unit of production, and an indivdiualistic ethos appears. According to Jabbra it is the changes in household activities that influence subsequent changes in household structure and family values.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History and culture change
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Age stratification
- Household
- Community structure
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Arab Canadians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1977-1981
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1880-1981
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nova Scotia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nancy W. Jabbra
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-56)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74641687
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arabs--Canada