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The Role of Islamic Institutions in Identity Formation among Somali Adolescents in Columbus, Ohio

Yildirim, Fatih
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1292435922

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2011, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Sociology (Arts and Sciences).
This thesis presents the role of the mosque in identity formation among Somali adolescents in Columbus, Ohio. I conducted my research in the Somali Mosque of Columbus, the largest ethnically Somali mosque in Columbus, utilizing the methods of participant observation and intensive interviews. I observed two movements among adolescents in their identity formation. First, a group of adolescents has developed Muslim identity from their Somali ethnic and American identities after they attended the mosque. The second group of adolescents in the mosque has experienced identity conflict between their Muslim, Somali, and American identities.
Stephen J. Scanlan, PhD (Committee Chair)
Loren Lybarger, PhD (Committee Member)
Leon Anderson, PhD (Committee Member)
89 p.
Sociology
identity formation; identity theory; The Somali Community of Columbus; Mosque; Adolescents; Islam

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  • Yildirim, F. (2011). The Role of Islamic Institutions in Identity Formation among Somali Adolescents in Columbus, Ohio [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1292435922

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Yildirim, Fatih. The Role of Islamic Institutions in Identity Formation among Somali Adolescents in Columbus, Ohio. 2011. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1292435922.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Yildirim, Fatih. "The Role of Islamic Institutions in Identity Formation among Somali Adolescents in Columbus, Ohio." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1292435922

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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