The uses of culture

Morrissey, Michael

doi:10.1080/07256868.1997.9963445

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“…Since the 1970s, immigrants have been encouraged to maintain their cultural values. Social policy based on multiculturalism encourages social services to be culturally sensitive, appropriate, and relevant (Morrissey, 1997). As a modern Western industrialized country, Australia is regarded as an individualistic culture.…”

Section: Turkish Immigrants In Australiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Acculturation and Parenting Among Turkish Mothers in Australia

Yağmurlu

Sanson

2009

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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This study investigated acculturation attitudes of Turkish immigrant mothers in Australia and the associations between their interaction levels with Australian society and their parenting values and behaviors. Turkey is traditionally collectivist, and punishment is more common than verbal reasoning among parents; in Australia, which is predominantly individualistic, normative parenting goals emphasize independence (over obedience) and induction-based discipline (over punishment). Participants included 58 Turkish mothers living in Melbourne. Each had a child attending a child care center located in a generally lower socioeconomic area. Questionnaires were used to assess acculturation attitudes, parenting goals, and child-rearing practices. Findings support the hypothesized relationships between acculturation attitudes and parenting behaviors. Mothers who had a tendency to integrate with Australian society reported higher levels of self-direction goals and inductive reasoning and lower levels of compliance goals and obedience-demanding behavior. Findings are discussed in relation to the functions of child-rearing values and practices in sociocultural context.

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Section: Turkish Immigrants In Australiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Acculturation and Parenting Among Turkish Mothers in Australia

Yağmurlu

Sanson

2009

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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“…However, I acknowledge that the Russian-speaking migrants who gather at the meeting place have certain conjunctive traits, which are strongly connected to the notion of culture. Due to the elusive nature of the concept of culture (Morrissey 1997) I follow Abdallah-Pretceille's (2006: 475, 482) move away from using culture as a stable entity, and conceptualise 'the cultural stuff' (Barth 1969) as culturality, which is focused on different fractures, differences, hybrids and crossings which carry meanings. I conceptualise culturality as something that the attendees can draw meanings from, and by doing so create something new in the meeting place.…”

Section: Groupness As the Results Of Interactions With People And Spacementioning

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The Role of Atmosphere in Negotiations of Groupness: A Study of a Meeting Place for Older Russian-speaking Migrants

Asikainen

2021

Journal of Intercultural Studies

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While existing literature on third-sector support for ageing migrants shows that social clubs can be a vital source of social support, what remains unclear is how these positive outcomes are attained on an interactional level. Drawing on fieldwork conducted over the course of one year in a meeting place for older Russian-speaking migrants in the capital region of Finland, this paper adopts a processual approach to examine how a sense of groupness is negotiated in the meeting place. The attendees of the meeting place comprise of different nationalities and backgrounds, who mainly share age and Russian language. This heterogeneity creates a situation where the attendees, together with the organisers, negotiate a sense of groupness with the category of 'Russian-speaking'. I argue that such a sense of groupness is reached by drawing from shared traits of culturality, while excluding aspects that could cause conflicts. The paper further contributes to the literature on groupness by analysing what role atmosphere plays in attaining a sense of groupness, and argues that the notion of atmosphere is important to take into consideration when thinking how different places can support ageing and wellbeing.

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“…This was iUustrated in the report by reference to some case-studies whose authors interpreted in entirely 'ethnic cross-cultural' terms a number of community-based health schemes, the most important elements of which were, in fact, the estabUshment of non-traditional doctor-patient and non-traditional gender relationships. In an expanded form, Morrissey (1997) depicted tiiis process as foUows.…”

Section: Volume Four: Community and Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Australia

2020

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The uses of culture

Cited by 6 publications

References 7 publications

Acculturation and Parenting Among Turkish Mothers in Australia

Acculturation and Parenting Among Turkish Mothers in Australia

The Role of Atmosphere in Negotiations of Groupness: A Study of a Meeting Place for Older Russian-speaking Migrants

Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Australia

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