This thesis explores the working lives of British Born South Asian Ethnic
Minorities (BB SAEMs), critiquing the homogenous identities ascribed to them in
previous research. Its methodology is life-story interviews analysed using Nvivo.
This identified four hybrid categories emerging from two cultures. I fitted myself
neatly into just one. However the reflexive analysis required in good qualitative
research led me to realise that I fitted into not one, but all four categories, and
into others not yet recognised. At this point, my thesis had to take a new turn.
An auto-ethnographic, moment-by-moment study led to an ‘unhybrid
categorisation of hybridities’ acknowledging ‘fuzziness and mélange, cut ‘n’ mix,
and criss and crossover’ where identity is a complex-mix, always in flux. I
conclude not only with this new theory of identity formation in the working lives
of BB SAEMs, but also by arguing that by imposing the requirement to
categorise, research methods lead to over-simplification and misunderstanding. / University of Bradford
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/7721 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Rifet, Saima |
| Contributors | Harding, Nancy H. |
| Publisher | University of Bradford, Faculty of Management of Law |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, doctoral, PhD |
| Rights | <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>. |
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