Essays about: "hybrid identity"

Found 3 essays containing the words hybrid identity.

  1. 1. The Process of Identity Formation in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club : Amy Tan´s The Joy Luck Club

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Simin Golchin; [2011]
    Keywords : identity formation process; cultural clashes; language discrepancies; generational gaps; cultural hybridization; hybrid identity;

    Abstract : Like most ethnic and multicultural narratives, Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club revolves around the development of an identity in which immigrant experience and all the questions of ethno- cultural identity that attend to it play central roles. The aim of this essay is to investigate the process of identity formation of the second-generation Chinese immigrant daughters who encounter Chinese culture at home while having the immediate experience of living in America, with a focus on the cultural, language and generational gaps that exist between the Chinese mothers and their American- born daughters. READ MORE

  3. 2. Spaces of in-between ‘Hybridity’, self-identification and agency of change in personal narratives of non-belonging

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Daphne Arbouz; [2011]
    Keywords : Identity; Hybridity; Nationalism; Body-politics; Transraciality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Daphne Arbouz, Spaces of in-between, ‘hybridity’ self-identification and agency of change in personal narratives of non-belonging, Master’s thesis 30p. Lund University, 2011. Narratives of non-belonging and identity formations surrounding the concept of ‘hybridity’ in autobiographic material are discussed and interpreted. READ MORE

  4. 3. Middle-aged Mutant Sea Turtles! - A case study of identity formation among Chinese returnees in Zhongguancun, Beijing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Eric Chan; [2007]
    Keywords : hybrid identity; Identity formation process; Zhongguancun Science Park; Chinese returnees; transnational human capital; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : When China opened it borders in 1979, the country suffered from a severe brain drain as its most talented students left the country to take advantage of educational opportunities abroad. However these emigrant engineers, known locally as "sea turtles" or Chinese returnees, have become a valuable asset for Zhongguancun Science Park. READ MORE