DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/VWZQ-WY67
Defense Date
2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Sociology
First Advisor
Tressie McMillan Cottom
Second Advisor
Victor Chen
Third Advisor
Ravi K Perry
Abstract
This research explores the lived experiences of South Asians college students. This research, through a qualitative study that is rooted in the philosophy of phenomenology, explores the essence South Asians’ identity formation. Qualitative data was collected through semi-structured interviews with South Asian college students. The data analysis was under a phenomenological lens that centered the lived experiences and the essence of these experiences in the results. Seven themes emerged from this phenomenological study: negotiating bicultural identity, model minority expectations, meaningful impact of religious spaces, understandings of intra-community tensions, racialization of Islamophobia, understandings of South Asian identity and efficacy of Asian American identity. This study’s findings provide a foundation to build a more expansive framework for understanding the identity formation of South Asians.
Rights
© Shabana K Shaheen
Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
8-11-2017
Included in
Asian American Studies Commons, Demography, Population, and Ecology Commons, Ethnic Studies Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, Politics and Social Change Commons, Race and Ethnicity Commons, South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies Commons