عنوان

Living in and between 'two different worlds': Arab American women, identity, and their interethnic romantic relationships

Number

TL48248

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Living in and between 'two different worlds': Arab American women, identity, and their interethnic romantic relationships

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Samar Dababneh

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Baldwin, John R.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Illinois State University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2015

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

120

Text of Note

Committee members: Metts, Sandra M.; Miller-Ott, Aimee

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-78383-4

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

M.S.

Discipline of degree

School of Communication

Body granting the degree

Illinois State University

Text preceding or following the note

2015

Text of Note

Due to the growth of Middle Easterners living in America, the study of interethnic romantic relationships among Arab American women is crucial. The primary objective of this study is to achieve a deeper understanding through in-depth respondent interviews about the Arab American woman's interethnic romantic relationships, familial relationships, and platonic relationships specifically, to discover her use of identity negotiation and management with use of thematic analysis. The pressure for an Arab American woman to find a partner based on parental guidelines creates this notion of living 'two separate worlds,' thus, affecting the negotiation of her multiple identities. While some Arab American parents were more open to the idea of their daughters marrying interethnically, several parents were opposed to the idea, for the fear of losing their Middle Eastern culture. Specifically, the data revealed that Arab American women who date interethnically portray their multiple identities, depending on who they are surrounded by. Additionally, the interethnic romantic relationship not only affects the enactment of the Arab woman's identities, but her partner's identities as well.

Womens studies; Communication; Middle Eastern Studies

Subject Term

Social sciences;Communication and the arts;Arab american women;Communication theory of identity;Family communication;Identity management theory;Interethnic/intercultural;Romantic relationships

Weinberg, Jesse R.

Baldwin, John R.

Subdivision

School of Communication

Illinois State University

Call Number

1691130521; 1589883

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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