ERIC Number: EJ818449
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 11
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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.
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Racial Identification, Phenomenology, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Feminism, Black Studies, Relocation, Social Adjustment, Social Development, Reflection, Social Problems
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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