Widersprüchliche Ambivalenz Haitianischer Identitätskonstruktionen in Südflorida

Autor/innen

  • J. P. Linstroth Nova Southeastern University
  • Alison Hall Nova Southeastern University
  • Mamyrah A. Douge-Prosper Florida International University
  • Patrick T. Hiller Nova Southeastern University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-10.3.1362

Schlagworte:

Haiti, Haitianer/innen, Ethnizität, Hispano-Amerikaner/innen, Zugehörigkeit, Zuhause, Einwanderung, Einwanderer/innen, Identität, Biografie

Abstract

In diesem Artikel werden die Konstruktionen von Identität, Zuhause und Zugehörigkeit von Haitianischen Einwander/innen der ersten und zweiten Generation, welche in Südflorida leben, diskutiert. Die gelebten Erfahrungen der Haitianischen Interviewpartner/innen zeichnen sich durch konfliktgeladene Polaritäten-Erfahrungen aus. In diesem Sinne werden Migrationstheorien der Integration als "Schmelztiegel" oder "Salatschüssel" als nutzlos für das Verständnis der Einwanderungserfahrungen dargestellt. Zudem wird das Konzept der "sozialen Hybridität" wegen dessen Resonanz mit ontologischen Vorstellungen unter Haitianer/innen ausgearbeitet. Dies findet insbesondere in Bezug auf die Push-Pull-Faktoren des Lebens in den Vereinigten Staaten mit verbleibenden Gefühlen für Haiti statt. Das Konzept der gesellschaftlichen Stratifikation hat für viele unserer Haitianischen Gesprächspartner/innen die Wahrnehmung der eigenen Persönlichkeit definiert. In diesem Sinne haben sie "Haitianisch sein" als einzigartig dargestellt, indem sie die Unterschiede zu anderen Afro-stämmigen Erfahrungen, wie zum Beispiel denen von Afro-Amerikaner/innen, beschrieben. Die Analyse der Narrationen zeigt deutlich die Wandlungsfähigkeit ihrer Imagination der Zugehörigkeit und die polyvalenten Bedeutungen, welche mit ihren ambivalenten Identitäten assoziiert sind. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0903118

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Autor/innen-Biografien

J. P. Linstroth, Nova Southeastern University

J. P. LINSTROTH obtained his D.Phil. in social anthropology from the University of Oxford. Most of his research is concerned with understanding ethnic-minority groups, whether Spanish-Basques, Cuban, Haitian, or Guatemalan-Maya immigrants in the US, or urban Amerindians in Brazil. Dr. LINSTROTH was co-awarded an Alexander Von Humboldt Grant (2005-2007) to study immigrant identity in South Florida and has recently been awarded a Fulbright Foreign Scholar Grant (2008-2009) as a visiting professor at the Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM) and for fieldwork amongst urban Amerindians in Manaus, Brazil. LINSTROTH has published several scholarly articles and has two forthcoming books, titled respectively: Marching Against Gender Practice: political imaginings in the Basqueland; and, Violence and Peace Re-Imagined: a new interdisciplinary theory for cognitive anthropology. Currently, he is Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution and Anthropology at Nova Southeastern University.

Alison Hall, Nova Southeastern University

Alison HALL is doctoral student at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Nova Southeastern University. Her current research interests include and examination of social, political and psychological factors that are the root cause of generally observed behavioral patterns in Jamaica (violence, aggression, impatience, quid pro quo expectations) as well as the mechanisms/strategies used to cope with chronic trauma amongst populations exposed to structural violence. Included in this are notions of identity, ethnicity and belonging, self-perception, desired individual and national perception. She has been and still is involved with research on identity and belonging within migrant groups in South Florida.

Mamyrah A. Douge-Prosper, Florida International University

Mamyrah A. DOUGE- PROSPER holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Africana Studies from Barnard College, Columbia University and a Master's in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from Nova Southeastern University. Mamyrah currently is doctoral student at the Florida International University in the Department of Global and SocioCultural Studies (formerly Sociology and Anthropology). Her current research interests include gender, sexuality, and race construction and performance in Haiti. She is particularly interested in how these identities intersect in Haitian Vodou culture. She has been and still is involved with research on identity and belonging within migrant groups in South Florida. She is also an organizer with the community organization Take Back the Land.

Patrick T. Hiller, Nova Southeastern University

Patrick T. HILLER holds an M.A. in Human Geography from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany. Patrick currently is a Doctoral Candidate at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Nova Southeastern University. In his dissertation he explores the processes of identity formation of nonviolent peace activists in the United States. He is a co-investigator of an ongoing international study on ethnicity and sense of belonging among refugee and immigrant populations in the United States and Germany. Following an interdisciplinary approach, his work and research interests encompass conflict resolution, peace studies, ethnicity, human rights, nationalism, social justice, Mexico, Latin America, social/peace movements, identity formation, culture and conflict and migration. He has experience working with NGOs that promote social justice in Mexico.

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2009-09-29

Zitationsvorschlag

Linstroth, J. P., Hall, A., Douge-Prosper, M. A., & Hiller, P. T. (2009). Widersprüchliche Ambivalenz Haitianischer Identitätskonstruktionen in Südflorida. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-10.3.1362

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Bd. 10 Nr. 3 (2009): Biografie und Ethnizität

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Copyright (c) 2009 J. P. Linstroth, Alison Hall, Mamyrah A. Douge-Prosper, Patrick T. Hiller

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