Exploring Identity in Muslim Moroccan and Pakistani Immigrant Women
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Giuliani, Cristina
Tagliabue, Semira
Abstract / Description
This study presents a qualitative investigation of how Muslim Moroccan and Pakistani female immigrants living in Italy conceptualize their cultural identity. Ten Moroccan and 10 Pakistani (adolescent and adult) women were interviewed through in-depth semi-structured interviews. The interviewees expressed a strong attachment to their culture of origin: their religion is a crucial aspect of their identity, along with certain cultural rules and traditional values. At the same time, both Moroccan and Pakistani participants were ambivalent toward and experienced difficulties in developing a connection to the host country, although the two groups exhibit their lack of connection to their host country in different ways: Moroccans’ self-representation is marked by a sense of foreignness and by a lack of an emotional connection with places where they are living while Pakistanis tend to express cultural distance and conflict with the host culture’s values. For both the Moroccan and Pakistani groups, the challenge of integration and biculturalism seems demanding in the Italian context and is marked by a deep feeling of emptiness, a lack of an emotional bond with the new country, and a strong cultural ambivalence. Finally, narrative themes are articulated across four interrelated dimensions (cultural, religious, gendered, spatial), revealing interesting differences based on national origin and generation.
Keyword(s)
cultural identity Pakistani and Moroccan immigration Muslim women qualitative analysisPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2015-02-27
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
11
Issue
1
Page numbers
63–78
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
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Review status
peerReviewed
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Giuliani, C., & Tagliabue, S. (2015). Exploring Identity in Muslim Moroccan and Pakistani Immigrant Women. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 11(1), 63–78. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i1.844
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Giuliani, Cristina
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Tagliabue, Semira
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Date of first publication2015-02-27
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Abstract / DescriptionThis study presents a qualitative investigation of how Muslim Moroccan and Pakistani female immigrants living in Italy conceptualize their cultural identity. Ten Moroccan and 10 Pakistani (adolescent and adult) women were interviewed through in-depth semi-structured interviews. The interviewees expressed a strong attachment to their culture of origin: their religion is a crucial aspect of their identity, along with certain cultural rules and traditional values. At the same time, both Moroccan and Pakistani participants were ambivalent toward and experienced difficulties in developing a connection to the host country, although the two groups exhibit their lack of connection to their host country in different ways: Moroccans’ self-representation is marked by a sense of foreignness and by a lack of an emotional connection with places where they are living while Pakistanis tend to express cultural distance and conflict with the host culture’s values. For both the Moroccan and Pakistani groups, the challenge of integration and biculturalism seems demanding in the Italian context and is marked by a deep feeling of emptiness, a lack of an emotional bond with the new country, and a strong cultural ambivalence. Finally, narrative themes are articulated across four interrelated dimensions (cultural, religious, gendered, spatial), revealing interesting differences based on national origin and generation.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationGiuliani, C., & Tagliabue, S. (2015). Exploring Identity in Muslim Moroccan and Pakistani Immigrant Women. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 11(1), 63–78. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i1.844
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/934
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1126
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i1.844
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Keyword(s)cultural identityen_US
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Keyword(s)Pakistani and Moroccan immigrationen_US
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Keyword(s)Muslim womenen_US
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Keyword(s)qualitative analysisen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleExploring Identity in Muslim Moroccan and Pakistani Immigrant Womenen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers63–78
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Volume11
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