“Bridging Several Worlds”: The Process of Identity Development of Second-Generation Ethiopian and Eritrean Young Women in Canada

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-248
Author(s):  
Mary Goitom
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Second Generation

Second-generation Western Muslims: A qualitative analysis of multiple social identities

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 1155-1169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarek Younis ◽  
Ghayda Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Bicultural Identity ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Identity Group ◽  
Identity Narratives

The relationships between social identities are important when discussing the national and religious identities of Muslims in Western contexts. This study explored the identity narratives of second-generation Muslim young adults to consider the relevance of bicultural identity and acculturation theories commonly employed in research with this group. The sample comprised 20 Muslim young adults of diverse ethnicities and backgrounds from Montreal, Berlin, and Copenhagen who participated in semi-structured interviews that explored how they negotiate their social identities in light of their unique life course trajectories. This article focuses on two major themes underlying second-generation identity development: the importance of personal experience in the development of social identities; and the enmeshment of multiple social identities. We then discuss the results of our findings in light of the complex nature of social identity, group membership, and political categorization.

scholarly journals Not your mother’s culture : second generation Tamil women negotiating trauma and identity through art

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Satkunam
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Tamil Diaspora ◽  
Tamil Women

This research paper focuses on the Tamil diaspora community in Canada that developed in the aftermath of the Civil War in Sri Lanka. This paper explores the impact of trauma on children of survivors, and how daughters in particular navigate these traumas. Furthermore, this paper analyzes how young women bear the trauma differently from their male counterparts, as women tend to be seen as carriers of culture. These ideas of women as carriers of culture do not afford Tamil women agency—instead they are left without choice in certain situations. Ultimately, this paper explores if art can be used as a mechanism to release the burden women feel. It uses the interview of eight Tamil women to understand their complex narratives, and to see if they use art as a means to reclaim agency. Key words: Diaspora, Sri Lankan, Art, Second-Generation Tamil Women, Identity, Cultural Purity

scholarly journals Not your mother’s culture : second generation Tamil women negotiating trauma and identity through art

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Satkunam
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Tamil Diaspora ◽  
Tamil Women

This research paper focuses on the Tamil diaspora community in Canada that developed in the aftermath of the Civil War in Sri Lanka. This paper explores the impact of trauma on children of survivors, and how daughters in particular navigate these traumas. Furthermore, this paper analyzes how young women bear the trauma differently from their male counterparts, as women tend to be seen as carriers of culture. These ideas of women as carriers of culture do not afford Tamil women agency—instead they are left without choice in certain situations. Ultimately, this paper explores if art can be used as a mechanism to release the burden women feel. It uses the interview of eight Tamil women to understand their complex narratives, and to see if they use art as a means to reclaim agency. Key words: Diaspora, Sri Lankan, Art, Second-Generation Tamil Women, Identity, Cultural Purity

Utilizing Mobile Learning for Orphans Aging Out

2019 ◽  
pp. 292-316
Author(s):  
Tara Callen
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Aging Out ◽  
Art Making ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Collaborative Art ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Art Community

How can mobile e-learning be used to support and enhance the goals of working with youth aging out of an orphanage. This chapter describes the use of an ethnographic narrative approach to tell the stories of eight young women who were “aging out” from their orphanage where many of them had spent most of their lives. The chapter examined the way in which a collaborative art community could support the participants as they narrated their lives over a 16-month period through photo-journaling and social media outlets. The focal points of this study were community building via art making and building of personal aesthetic, community engagement, reflection on self-identity, cross-cultural art education, and shared experience via photo-art narratives. The authors also examined the role of collaborative art experiences in helping these young women form social connectedness with their peers. The project was also designed to help sustain the girls digitally and virtually in the present and future. The research project studied the identity development and how these functioned within a collaborative medium that supported the young participants as they moved out of their orphanage.

scholarly journals Parental Death, Shifting Family Dynamics, and Female Identity Development

2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl-Anne Cait
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Adolescent Girl ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Parental Death ◽  
Death Of A Parent ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
The Relationship

This article is a report of research that explored how the death of a parent influences a woman's identity development. Qualitative methodology and data analysis procedures based on grounded theory were used for the research. Eighteen women who experienced parental death between age 11 and 17, were recruited by convenience sampling. Shifts in family relationships and roles, in part, influenced who these young women became. Many young women were expected to take on a caregiving role to support the surviving parent and replace the deceased. The transition in the relationship between the adolescent girl and surviving parent was an important theme for identity development.

The Feminist Identity Development Model: Relevant for Young Women Today?

Sex Roles ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 832-842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mindy J. Erchull ◽  
Miriam Liss ◽  
Katherine A. Wilson ◽  
Lindsey Bateman ◽  
Ashleigh Peterson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Feminist Identity ◽  
Feminist Identity Development
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