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Family, Marriage, and Ethnic Identity: A Study of Second-Generation Pakistani Immigrants in Germany
The present empirical research deals with the issue of ethnic identity construction among second-generation Pakistani immigrants living in Germany. The main objective of the present research is to know how second-generation Pakistani immigrants construct the image of the motherland and develop their feelings of belonging. How they differentiate themselves as Pakistani migrants and maintain their ethnic identity in Germany and what type of challenges they face in the maintenance of such ethnic belonging. Moreover, how the ethnic identity of second-generation Pakistani immigrants influences them to get married in their country of origin. Keeping in view the research objectives of the present study, the boundary approach was used to explain ethnic identity construction and it is further supplemented by Bourdieu’s notion of social capital, and the role of socialization in the context of immigrants’ families and kinship. In the present study, a qualitative research design was employed because it deals with the respondents’ viewpoint rather than any external explanation. The analysis was guided by Charmaz (2006) version of the grounded theory which gives systematic, yet flexible guidelines for collecting and analyzing qualitative data to construct theories grounded in the data themselves. The fieldwork of this study was conducted in different areas of Germany and consisted of semi-structured interviews with 19 respondents descended from Pakistani immigrants and identified through snow-ball sampling including both males and females who were born and grown up in Germany. The data were analyzed according to the coding procedure informed by grounded theory. The findings of the present study depict many aspects of second-generation Pakistani immigrants’ identity formation in Germany. The results show that parents have a significant influence on the process of socializing their children. This process is aimed to pass on cultural practices of their country of origin to their children. Moreover, second-generation ...
Family, Marriage, and Ethnic Identity: A Study of Second-Generation Pakistani Immigrants in Germany
The present empirical research deals with the issue of ethnic identity construction among second-generation Pakistani immigrants living in Germany. The main objective of the present research is to know how second-generation Pakistani immigrants construct the image of the motherland and develop their feelings of belonging. How they differentiate themselves as Pakistani migrants and maintain their ethnic identity in Germany and what type of challenges they face in the maintenance of such ethnic belonging. Moreover, how the ethnic identity of second-generation Pakistani immigrants influences them to get married in their country of origin. Keeping in view the research objectives of the present study, the boundary approach was used to explain ethnic identity construction and it is further supplemented by Bourdieu’s notion of social capital, and the role of socialization in the context of immigrants’ families and kinship. In the present study, a qualitative research design was employed because it deals with the respondents’ viewpoint rather than any external explanation. The analysis was guided by Charmaz (2006) version of the grounded theory which gives systematic, yet flexible guidelines for collecting and analyzing qualitative data to construct theories grounded in the data themselves. The fieldwork of this study was conducted in different areas of Germany and consisted of semi-structured interviews with 19 respondents descended from Pakistani immigrants and identified through snow-ball sampling including both males and females who were born and grown up in Germany. The data were analyzed according to the coding procedure informed by grounded theory. The findings of the present study depict many aspects of second-generation Pakistani immigrants’ identity formation in Germany. The results show that parents have a significant influence on the process of socializing their children. This process is aimed to pass on cultural practices of their country of origin to their children. Moreover, second-generation ...
Family, Marriage, and Ethnic Identity: A Study of Second-Generation Pakistani Immigrants in Germany
Butt, Huma (author) / Weiß, Anja
2020-10-07
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