The Evolution of Identities in the Process of Studying Differences : A Personal Narrative  

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Taira, Susan Shimizu

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: American Behavioral Scientist vol. 45 no. 08 (Apr. 2002), page 1265-1272.
Topik: Women of Color
Fulltext: 10. The Evolution of Identities in the Process of Studying Differences - A Personal Narrative.pdf (81.5KB)

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This article begins with the researcher's story of incarceration as a Japanese American during World War II. It sets the stage for understanding the conflicted search for identity that has become integral to her personal narrative and is addressed in her study of women of color. The study of women of color was designed to serve the voices and stories of the women's experiences of exclusion from the advantages and privileges afforded members of the dominant group. In challenging the master narrative, the women's oppositional narrative navigated the contradictory and paradoxical world they experience daily. Similar experiences in history were also part of the collective unconscious of their people. In moving against the oppressive grain of socially constructed expectations, the women deconstructed their identities in recognition of the multiple and evolving power relationships they experience in complex contexts. The resulting multiple identities freed them of the anxiety for one authentic or unitary self. The article concludes with bell hooks's “celebration of the opposition spirit of solidarity and equality.” It is through this unity and love that changes from domination can be realized. That love includes the self-love vital to cleansing oppressive experiences and coming together as a community of caring.

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