Twisting identity and belonging beyond dichotomies : the case of second generation female migrants in Norway / Noor Mahmoud.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahmoud, Noor, author.

Series:

Masters of peace ; 8.

Masters of peace ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children of immigrants--Norway.

Children of immigrants.

Women immigrants--Norway.

Women immigrants.

Cultural pluralism--Norway.

Cultural pluralism.

Group identity--Norway.

Group identity.

Norway.

Physical Description:

164 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Lit, c2013.

Summary:

This book brings together personal stories and theoretical concepts in the exploration of how second generation female migrants (SGFMs) in Norway negotiate their identities and give and give new form and content to their own notions of peace and belonging beyond and double life. By applying postmodern and feminist scholarship, the author challenges static ideas of cultural identity in discourses about the national and the family contexts. Mahmoud takes the reader on a journey through the transformations of conflicts on sexuality, identity and belonging by the SGFMs themselves. This is an important book for feminist and migration researchers and those concerned with minority issues. Book jacket.

Contents:

Personal Perspective 18

Caught between Past and Present 18

Belonging in the Family 19

Belonging in 'Norway' 21

The Double Life 22

1.2 Research Problems & Questions 23

Research Problems 23

My Definition of Second Generation Migrant 26

Why Second Generation Female Migrants? 28

Questioning the Nation-State 30

Research Question 32

1.3 Literature Review 33

Discourse Studies 34

Postmodern Feminism 35

Trans-Rational Peace? 37

1.4 Method For Empirical Work 39

Spatio-Temporal Contexts 40

Workshops: Discussion, Reflection & Talking Circles 41

Participant Selection, Resources & Timeline 43

Moving away from 'In-Between Cultures' 45

Ethical Considerations 47

1.5 Structure 49

Conceptual Framework 50

Introduction 50

2.1 Theorizing Identity 51

2.1.1 Modernity: the stable subject 51

2.1.2 Postmodernity: the deconstructed subject 54

2.1.3 The Relation to an Other 58

2.1.4 Systems Theory Approach: the relational subject 59

Summary 66

2.2 National Identity Idealised 67

2.2.1 Nation-as-Home 68

2.2.2 'Immigrants' as Others 71

2.2.3 Women as 'Bearers of the Nation' & symbolic 'Border Guards' 73

Summary 76

2.3 The Dichotomy of Norwegian Identity 77

2.3.1 Idealised Norwegian Discourses 77

2.3.2 Innvandrere: 'Guests' in the Norwegian 'Home' 79

2.3.3 SGFMs as 'Bearers of the Nation' & symbolic 'Border Guards' 83

2.3.4 Fear of losing the 'Home' 86

Summary 89

2.4 Twisting Identity & Belonging beyond Dichotomies 91

2.4.1 Identity as Transition 91

2.4.2 Belonging & Trans-rational Peace? 93

Summary of Chapter 2 97

3 Reconstructing Identity & Recreating Belonging - Voices of SGFMs 99

Introduction 99

3.1 The Empirical Process 99

3.2 SGFMs' Perspectives on Identity 102

3.3 Expectations & Ideals 107

3.3.1 Diligence & Education 107

3.3.2 Generation Gap & the Hard Life 109

3.3.3 The Role of Norwegian Public Discourses 112

3.3.4 The Role of 'Other Discourses' 117

3.3.5 Sexual Relations: the silent topic 120

3.3.6 The Father Figure 125

3.4 Transforming Conflicts of Identity & Belonging 128

3.4.1 Perspectives on the Double Life & Identity Conflicts 129

3.4.2 Reconstructing Identities & Recreating Belonging 137

3.5 Silences In The Narrative 141

3.5.1 My Role as Facilitator & Researcher 141

3.5.2 The Others/the Parents 143

3.5.3 'Good Girls'/Rebels 144

3.5.4 Respect to Fathers 146

Summary of Chapter 3 148

4 Conclusions 150.

ISBN:

3643903561

9783643903563

OCLC:

841186965

Publisher Number:

99959120485