Date of Award
5-2005
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Program
Sociology
Department
Sociology
Major Professor
Mann, Susan
Second Advisor
Jenkins, Pamela
Third Advisor
Baxter, Vern
Abstract
This study uses a postcolonial perspective to examine the construction of cultural identities in second generation South Asian women. It critiques traditional strategies of immigrant incorporation, including assimilation and cultural pluralism, for their androcentric and essentialist tendencies. It was found that the women constructed a cultural hybrid identity, and using Homi Bhabha's notion of third space, I discuss the process of how this hybrid identity is constructed. A phenomenological approach, in which the subjective voices of the participants are privileged, was used to analyze nine interviews for themes relating to the construction of a hybrid identity.
Recommended Citation
Ladha, Sonia, "Second Generation Immigrant Adaptation: Construction of a Hybrid Cultural Identity" (2005). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 219.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/219
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