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The Politics of Belonging: Cultural Identity Formation among Second Generation Canadians

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dc.contributor.advisorBarrett, Sarah
dc.creatorPatel, Sharmila C.
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-20T18:44:22Z
dc.date.available2016-09-20T18:44:22Z
dc.date.copyright2016-04-14
dc.date.issued2016-09-20
dc.date.updated2016-09-20T18:44:21Z
dc.degree.disciplineEducation
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMEd - Master of Education
dc.description.abstractTransnationalism complicates how we view citizenship, diasporas, nationality and engage in identity discourse. This study explores the fluidity of cultural identity through the narratives of six second generation Canadians of South Asian descent. The research examines how factors such as boundary events, monolithic views, liminal space, physical space and the intersection of gender, sexuality and "race" play a role in the formation of cultural identity among second generation Canadians. Their construction of liminal space defies the notion of culture as being static. Moreover, the illogical practice of applying specific traits, behaviours, subjectivities and signifiers to race are explored. This paper demonstrates the need to move towards a discourse that acknowledges and reflects the fluidity in cultural identities, thus moving away from essentialism.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/32297
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subject.keywordsMonolithism
dc.subject.keywordsLiminal space
dc.subject.keywordsSpace
dc.subject.keywordsRace
dc.subject.keywordsCulture
dc.subject.keywordsDisapora
dc.subject.keywordsIdentity
dc.subject.keywordsCultural identity
dc.subject.keywordsSouth Asian
dc.subject.keywordsSecond generation
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian
dc.subject.keywordsSignifiers
dc.subject.keywordsStereotypes
dc.subject.keywordsTransnationalism
dc.subject.keywordsNationality
dc.titleThe Politics of Belonging: Cultural Identity Formation among Second Generation Canadians
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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