Exploring Identity in Muslim Moroccan and Pakistani Immigrant Women

Abstract: 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.... https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/844

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Exploring Identity in Muslim Moroccan and Pakistani Immigrant Women ; volume:11 ; number:1 ; day:27 ; month:02 ; year:2015 ; Europe's journal of psychology ; 11, Heft 1 (27.02.2015)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Cristina Giuliani ; Semira Tagliabue

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v11i1.844
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020101417373813954086
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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