"It was very, very churchy": Recollections of Older Dutch-Americans on Growing up in Holland, Michigan
This article pictures the youth memories of older Dutch-Americans who grew up in the “Dutch enclave” of Holland, Michigan. This area is heavily populated by Dutch immigrants sharing traditional Calvinist religious values, norms, and beliefs. Findings are based on oral interviews among a sample of older respondents from the area. The study combines a generational approach with an oral history methodology. Results indicate that respondents cherish their formative years, their Dutch-American upbringing, and feel that their socialization in strict values, norms, and beliefs had lasting effects on... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | TEXT |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2008 |
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Oxford University Press
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Schlagwörter: | Articles |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Link(s) : | http://ohr.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/35/2/117 |