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Sharam Nahi Aundi? Navigating Culture, Religion, Gender and Sexuality in a Colonized World

abstract: 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. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Justice Studies 2019

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:53702
Date January 2019
ContributorsSahota, Komalpreet Kaur (Author), Nakagawa, Kathryn (Advisor), Shabazz, Rashad (Advisor), Bailey, Marlon (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMasters Thesis
Format77 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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