Belonging and Becoming in a Multicultural World is a wonderfully fresh account of how refugee-background youth challenge, invert, and identify with racialized and ethnicized identity categories and navigate difference in their daily lives. The book foregrounds the voices of young people themselves, offering a much-needed counter-narrative to the all-too-often calcified identity constructs that animate much political discussion today. More than anything, it offers a rich account of the narrative forces that shape how diverse young people are able to realize a sense of belonging in a multicultural society.
-- Amanda Wise * Coeditor of Convivialities: Possibility and Ambivalence in Urban Multicultures *
This book offers a rich ethnography of the lives of refugee youth in a culturally diverse world. Eschewing both celebratory multiculturalism and a narrow focus on racism, the book deftly examines the ways race
and friendship are woven together in the identity-making practices of young refugees. Moran insightfully foregrounds the importance of understanding the 'responsive' nature of identity in forging a sense of place and belonging in culturally diverse schools. -- Greg Noble * Coeditor of Convivialities: Possibility and Ambivalence in Urban Multicultures *
Laura Moran's work is innovative, well researched and engaging. It reminds us of the importance of micro-perspective, accounts of young people and the meanings young people give to broad social narratives they encounter and shows the value of extensive ethnographic fieldwork. * Ethnic and Racial Studies *
New Books Network: New Books in Anthropology interview with Laura Moran * New Books Network: New Books in Anthropology *
The book is exceptionally legible and accessible, is written clearly and concisely, and is available as an Open Access volume. It will appeal to scholars and students across disciplines - such as education, anthropology, sociology, geography, ethnic studies, political science, social work, and public administration - as well as to a general public that is interested in human rights, migration, youth, race, ethnicity, and multiculturalism. * Anthropology Book Forum *
