Description
A preliminary critical ethnographic study was conducted to garner Punjabi Sikh U.S. young adults’ understandings and experiences with their cultural, religious, gender, and sexual identity development. Nine participants from King County, Washington were interviewed and engaged in a weeklong self-reflective journal writing activity. This data was then analyzed alongside existing scholarship. This study indicates that participants experience challenges in navigating their bicultural identity, grappling with the historical and present trauma their communities endure. Additionally, to navigate such challenges, Punjabi Sikh U.S. young adults invoke various methods to negotiate their various cultures, identities, and desires, and remain resilient.
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Title
- Sharam Nahi Aundi?: Navigating Culture, Religion, Gender and Sexuality in a Colonized World
Contributors
- Sahota, Komalpreet Kaur (Author)
- Nakagawa, Kathryn (Thesis advisor)
- Shabazz, Rashad (Thesis advisor)
- Bailey, Marlon (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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2019
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- thesisPartial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2019
- bibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (pages 58-62)
- Field of study: Justice Studies
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by Komalpreet Kaur Sahota