Thumbnail Image
Publication

Exploring Hybridity in the 21st Century: The Working Lives of South Asian Ethnic Minorities from a British Born Generation in Bradford.

Rifet, Saima
Publication Date
2016-01-27
End of Embargo
Supervisor
Harding, Nancy H.
Keywords
Hybridity, Culture, Self, Careers, Working lives, South Asian, Hybrids, Life story, British born, Second generation, Self-awareness, A-categorical thought, Categories, Heteregenous identities, Moment-by-moment, Identity
Rights
Creative Commons License
The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a Creative Commons Licence.
Peer-Reviewed
Open Access status
Accepted for publication
Institution
University of Bradford
Department
Faculty of Management of Law
Awarded
2015
Embargo end date
Collections
Theses
Show all metadata
Files
Thumbnail Image
Final Entire PhD Thesis July 2015.pdf
Adobe PDF, 2.47 MB
Abstract
This thesis explores the working lives of British Born South Asian Ethnic Minorities (BB SAEMs), critiquing the homogenous identities ascribed to them in previous research. Its methodology is life-story interviews analysed using Nvivo. This identified four hybrid categories emerging from two cultures. I fitted myself neatly into just one. However the reflexive analysis required in good qualitative research led me to realise that I fitted into not one, but all four categories, and into others not yet recognised. At this point, my thesis had to take a new turn. An auto-ethnographic, moment-by-moment study led to an ‘unhybrid categorisation of hybridities’ acknowledging ‘fuzziness and mélange, cut ‘n’ mix, and criss and crossover’ where identity is a complex-mix, always in flux. I conclude not only with this new theory of identity formation in the working lives of BB SAEMs, but also by arguing that by imposing the requirement to categorise, research methods lead to over-simplification and misunderstanding.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10454/7721
Version
Citation
Link to publisher’s version
Link to published version
Link to Version of Record
Type
Thesis
Qualification name
PhD
Notes