Cultural Identities in Transition - Esra Yaghi, Roger Barnard

Cultural Identities in Transition

Voices of Saudi Arabian Mothers in New Zealand
Buch | Hardcover
206 Seiten
2025
Multilingual Matters (Verlag)
978-1-80041-622-2 (ISBN)
124,60 inkl. MwSt
This book explores the social, educational and linguistic acculturation of a group of Saudi wives and mothers sojourning in New Zealand while their husbands undertook full time study. The book explores their background, the challenges they faced and the changes they made during their sojourn, and their preparation for returning home post-sojourn.
This book explores the social, educational and linguistic acculturation of a group of Saudi wives and mothers sojourning in New Zealand while their husbands undertook full time study. Such sojourners, and their families, are faced with many challenges due to linguistic, social and cultural distance – as well as ethnic stereotyping and prejudice. They tell their stories in a series of interviews and focus groups, relating their pre-sojourn background, the challenges they faced and the changes they made during their sojourn, and their preparation for returning home post-sojourn. The narratives illustrate how these women renegotiated their own identities in relation to their changed circumstances and environment. The authors address the distinctive challenges faced by sojourners as opposed to immigrants, and present a nuanced and detailed picture of the women as individuals negotiating the complex interaction between the influence of the host country and the Saudi and Islamic identities of themselves and their children. 

Esra Yaghi is an English Language Developer at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Her research interests include issues in ethical research and second culture identity. Roger Barnard is a recently retired Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. His research interests include second language education and language policy. His most recent book is Narratives of Qualitative PhD Research: Identities, Languages and Cultures in Transition (co-edited with L. Gurney and Y. Wang, Routledge, 2023).

Glossary



Esra Yaghi: Preface



Part 1: The Background of the Book



Chapter 1. Adjusting to a New Culture



Chapter 2. Saudi Arabia: Religion, Culture and the Role of Women



Chapter 3. Saudi Mothers Sojourning in New Zealand: A Case Study



Part 2: The Mothers Tell Their Stories



Chapter 4. The Participants' Lives in Saudi Arabia



Chapter 5. The Participants’ Initial Experiences in New Zealand



Chapter 6. Maintaining Children’s Arabic Language and Religious Identity



Chapter 7. The Women Adapt Through a Community of Social Practice



Interlude: Focus Groups



Part 3: The Mothers Discuss Their Beliefs



Chapter 8. The Participants’ Beliefs about Parenting



Chapter 9. Comparing New Zealand and Saudi Arabia



Chapter 10. Looking Towards Repatriation 



Part 4: The Authors Reflect on the Study



Chapter 11. Discussion of the Findings



Chapter 12. Two Conceptual Models



Chapter 13. Implications of the Study



Gary Barkhuizen: Afterword: Coping Over Time



References



About the Authors



Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.4.2025
Reihe/Serie Language, Education and Diversity
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
ISBN-10 1-80041-622-9 / 1800416229
ISBN-13 978-1-80041-622-2 / 9781800416222
Zustand Neuware
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