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Locating queer-mixed experiences: Narratives of geography and migration.
- Source :
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Qualitative Social Work . Sep2015, Vol. 14 Issue 5, p651-669. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Social work scholarship concerned with mixed-race and queer identities is growing and ever-changing, yet often treats race and sexuality as separate experiences independent from context and environment. In addition, in studies of mixed-race people, the legacy of the Black-White/US-based multiracial paradigm and the history of such research using race as the only or primary analytic has left a dearth of studies that seek to understand mixed-race experiences within geographical, transnational and intersectional contexts. In this paper, we extend previous work focused on situational and contextual multiracial identities through an interview-based study of a sample of 12 queer and mixed-race individuals. We employ a narrative analysis to explore how emergent themes of geography and migration are salient to self-making processes of participants. Findings include: (1) diverse geographic and migration histories among participants; (2) interviewees’ use of discursive strategies that draw upon experiences of geography and migration within the narrative structure; and (3) the critical role of geography and migration in expanding and changing participants’ identity discourses and in shaping individuals’ identity and sense of community. Ultimately, this work serves as a call for on-going attention to how geography and migration, as well as intersectional and transnational perspectives, add depth and texture to studies of queer-mixed people while also offering specificity to social work’s broader commitment to context and environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ATTITUDE (Psychology)
*EMIGRATION & immigration
*ETHNIC groups
*EXPERIENCE
*GROUP identity
*IMMIGRANTS
*INTERVIEWING
*RESEARCH methodology
*POPULATION geography
*RESEARCH
*STATISTICAL sampling
*SOCIAL case work
*SOCIAL networks
*STORYTELLING
*QUALITATIVE research
*LGBTQ+ people
*NARRATIVES
*THEMATIC analysis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14733250
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Qualitative Social Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 109264679
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325014561250