A Qualitative Study of the Racial and Cultural Identity Construction of Afro-German Women
Author
Kéré, Amelie Koumbou
Term
4. term
Publication year
2022
Submitted on
2022-05-31
Abstract
Med udgangspunkt i den voksende kulturelle pluralisme i Tyskland undersøger dette kvalitative studie, hvordan afrotyske kvinder—opvokset i Tyskland med én tysk forælder og én forælder fra et afrikansk land—konstruerer deres racemæssige og kulturelle identitet, og hvordan livserfaringer former denne proces. Gennem dybdegående interviews med seks kvinder anlægges en socialkonstruktionistisk, interpretativ tilgang, og et casestudiedesign kombineres med grounded theory til forskningsdesign og dataanalyse. Analysen bygger på en tretrinsmodel for udvikling af kulturel identitet, en model for social inklusion/eksklusion samt en konceptuel model udledt af interviewene. Fire sammenhængende temaer fremkom: at vokse op i Tyskland; oplevelser knyttet til fysisk fremtoning; oplevelser i forskellige sociale rum; og selvopfattelse af racemæssig og kulturel identitet. Resultaterne viser, at identitetskonstruktion blev påvirket af kulturel tilstedeværelse i hjemmet, udvikling af bevidsthed, andre-gørelse baseret på fysisk fremtoning samt en politisk proces med at omfavne sorthed og finde et fællesskab. Studiet bidrager med kvalitative indsigter i afrotyske kvinders levede erfaringer og udvider forskningen i biracial identitet og afrotyske studier.
Amid growing cultural pluralism in Germany, this qualitative study examines how Afro-German women—raised in Germany with one German parent and one parent from an African country—construct their racial and cultural identities and how life experiences shape that process. Drawing on in-depth interviews with six women, the study adopts a social constructionist, interpretivist stance and combines a case study design with grounded theory for research design and data analysis. The analysis is informed by a three-stage model of cultural identity development, a model of social inclusion/exclusion, and a conceptual model derived from the interviews. Four interlinked themes emerged: growing up in Germany; experiences tied to physical appearance; experiences across different social spaces; and self-perception of racial and cultural identity. Findings indicate that identity construction was influenced by cultural presence at home, the development of awareness, othering based on physical appearance, and a political process of embracing Blackness and finding community. The study offers qualitative insights into Afro-German women’s lived experiences and contributes to research on biracial identity and Afro-German studies.
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