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ERIC Number: EJ818449
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
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Constructing My Cultural Identity: A Reflection on the Contradictions, Dilemmas, and Reality
Neegan, Erica
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v54 n3 p272-282 Fall 2008
This article provides a critical reflective analysis of my life growing up in Jamaica where I attended colonial school, to making the transition to high school in the Canadian context. I examine the elements that have influenced my cultural/racial identity as a person of African ancestry living in the diaspora. I ask questions such as how has colonial education influenced my cultural identity and how I see myself? I address the complexity of my racial and gender identity drawing on a Black feminist theoretical framework and anticolonial thought to inform this work.
University of Alberta, Faculty of Education. 845 Education Centre South, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G5, Canada. Tel: 780-492-7941; Fax: 780-492-0236; Web site: http://www.education.ualberta.ca/educ/journals/ajer.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada; Jamaica
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