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Complexity of Inner Belonging: Notions of Belonging and Alienation among Adolescents with a Migrant Background in Croatia

izvorni znanstveni rad

izvorni znanstveni rad

Complexity of Inner Belonging: Notions of Belonging and Alienation among Adolescents with a Migrant Background in Croatia

Vrsta prilog u knjizi
Tip izvorni znanstveni rad
Godina 2018
Nadređena publikacija Changing Youth Values in Southeast Europe: Beyond Ethnicity
Stranice str. 56-74
Status objavljeno

Sažetak

This chapter explores the complexity of the construction of inner boundaries among adolescents in the period of post-conflict Croatia, describing adolescents' sense of belonging and alienation, by searching for the phenomena used in their ethnic identification process. Analysis of qualitative data shows that the sense of belongingness based on diverse ethnic indicators is a contested site filled with subjective interpretations of imposed social and political circumstances. The paper argues that a sense of belonging among adolescents can be drawn on individual interpretations of their migratory experience in relation to multidimensional cultural and social changes.

Ključne riječi

Ethnic identities, youth, group boundaries, qualitative research, Croatia