Constructing My Cultural Identity
A Reflection on the Contradictions, Dilemmas, and Reality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8158039 |
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| Authors | Erica Neegan (University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Alberta Journal of Educational Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-4805 • E-ISSN: 1923-1857 |
| Publisher | University of Alberta Press (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.55016/ojs/ajer.v54i3.55233 |
| OpenAlex | W23832312 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
This article provides a critical reflective analysis of my life growing up in Jamaica where I attended colonial school, to making the transition to high school in the Canadian context. I examine the elements that have influenced my cultural/racial identity as a person of African ancestry living in the diaspora. I ask questions such as how has colonial education influenced my cultural identity and how I see myself? I address the complexity of my racial and gender identity drawing on a Black feminist theoretical framework and anticolonial thought to inform this work
Aesthetics · Cultural identity · Epistemology · Identity (music) · Pedagogy · Reflection (computer programming) · Sociology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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