Becoming 'Authentic' Indian women
Displacement, home, and identity among women of the Indian diaspora in the USA
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2970053 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hemalatha Ganapathy‐coleman (0000-0002-7685-4622, University of Toronto, corresponding author), Hema Ganapathy-Coleman (University of Toronto Mississauga) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 480-497 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-4630 • E-ISSN: 1363-0296 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13504630.2024.2324274 |
| OpenAlex | W4392286153 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 62 |
This paper analyzes interviews with 25 immigrant Indian women in the USA, most of whom arrived during the 1980s. Combining data from in-depth interviews of eight of these women from a cultural psychological study and interviews of 17 immigrant Indian women from the Indiana University Oral History Research Center, I use qualitative analysis within the grounded theory approach to offer insights into their lives in the USA. Six themes emerged from their narratives: the move to the USA (‘the shift’) and their feeling of displacement; experiences with religious and racial discrimination; their roles as cultural and national ambassadors for India; employment; marriage; and identity dilemmas. Adding to the literature that eschews hegemonic Western analytical categories to actively consider the perspectives of the participants themselves, I render a nuanced portrayal of the women’s experiences as they actively synthesize a new ‘authentic’ Indianness for themselves and their families while navigating the melancholia of loss, separation, and exclusion
Aesthetics · Diaspora · Feeling · Grounded theory · Hegemony · Immigration · Narrative · Political science · Qualitative research · Sociology · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |