Cultural (in)visibility and identity dissonance

Queer Iranian-American women and their negotiation of existence

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12910085
AutoresShadee Abdi (University of Denver, autor de correspondencia), Bobbi Van Gilder (University of Oklahoma)
Año2015
Volumen9
Número1
Páginas69-86
Fecha de publicación2015-12-22
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of International and Intercultural Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1751-3065 • E-ISSN: 1751-3057
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17513057.2016.1120850
OpenAlexW2255175524
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas39

This qualitative study explores the narratives of 12, first-generation, queer, Iranian-American women to understand (a) how Iranian cultural, familial, and relational discourses influence feelings of “belonging” for queer Iranian-American women, and (b) how queer Iranian-American women cope with the challenges of being both LGBTQ and Iranian-American. Online interviews were analyzed using grounded theory analysis, revealing that queer Iranian-American women experience feelings of cultural isolation as a result of the homosexual identity delegitimization that is often perpetuated within the Iranian community. Participants cope by creating cultural distance between themselves and the Iranian community when they experience this isolation

Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive dissonance · Feeling · Grounded theory · Identity (music · Identity negotiation · Isolation (microbiology · Narrative · Negotiation · Qualitative research · Queer · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology