Hussain, Y (2019) ‘I know my roots are Indian but my thinking is Kiwi’: hybridisation, identity and ‘Indians’ in New Zealand. South Asian Diaspora, 11 (1). pp. 1-15. ISSN 1943-8192
Abstract
This article explores identity among the South Asian diaspora in New Zealand. Using data from qualitative interviews with South Asian New Zealanders, it argues that analyses of hybridity need to consider different varieties of hybridisation in relation to ethnicity, religion, language and national identity. South Asian identities may be hybridised with ‘Kiwi’ identity variously represented as values, idealised citizenship and a White Western lifestyle. The data analysed in the paper demonstrate the independence and salience of religious as distinct from ethnic identities in the South Asian diaspora in New Zealand. Hybridisation results, in part, from a conscious strategy on the part of parents who encourage children to identify with their ethnic origins, language, nation and religion.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in South Asian Diaspora on 18 April 2018, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/19438192.2018.1464697 |
Keywords: | Diaspora; hybridity; identity; Indian; New Zealand |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2018 14:47 |
Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2019 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/19438192.2018.1464697 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:128062 |