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"'Learning Where I'm Coming From': The Identity Construction of 1.5-, Second-, and Fourth-Generation Migrants of Mexican Descent in Florida"

Rodriguez, Alexandra (2018) "'Learning Where I'm Coming From': The Identity Construction of 1.5-, Second-, and Fourth-Generation Migrants of Mexican Descent in Florida". Master thesis, Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation.

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Abstract

This thesis analyzes the identity construction of 1.5-, second-, and fourth-generation migrant emerging adults of Mexican heritage in the American state of Florida. This qualitative research was conducted in order to fill a gap in the literature, which has hitherto either mainly analyzed perceptions and representations of Mexican-Americans by others, or has used large-scale survey methods, which force Mexican-Americans to sort themselves into pre-defined categories which may not feel natural to them. In this thesis, the most commonly mentioned identity referents from six life story interviews are identified and analyzed using theory from the fields of identity studies and migration studies. Analysis is chiefly predicated on Hermans and Hermans-Konopka’s Dialogical Self Theory (2010) and McAdams’ life story model of identity (2001). Several aspects of identity are analyzed, including religious identity, racial identity, and cultural identity. Findings of the research include the identification of “Brownness as Mexican-American identity,” “Spanish language as Mexican-American identity,” and “Catholicism as Mexican-American identity” as the most commonly occurring identity referents over all. Keywords: Mexican, Mexican-American, identity, Florida, migrants, migration, 1.5- generation, second-generation, fourth-generation, Latino, Latina, Hispanic, race, ethnicity, culture, religion, Catholicism, brownness, Spanish

Type: Thesis (Master)
Supervisors (RUG):
SupervisorE-mailTutor organizationTutor email
Buitelaar, M.W.M.W.Buitelaar@rug.nl
Martinez - Arino, J.J.Martinez.Arino@rug.nl
Degree programme: Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation
Academic year: 2017- 2018
Date of delivery: 12 Oct 2018
Last modified: 12 Oct 2018 11:21
URI: https://rcs.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/417
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