TY - JOUR
T1 - The weight of the hyphen
T2 - Freedom, fusion and responsibility embodied by young Muslim-American women during a time of surveillance
AU - Zaal, Mayida
AU - Salah, Tahani
AU - Fine, Michelle
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - This article reports on a qualitative investigation of 15 young Muslim-American women living in New York City, after 9/11 and in the midst of the Patriot Act. Participants completed surveys about identity, discrimination, and coping; drew "identity maps" to represent their multiple identities and alliances; and participated in focus groups on several college campuses in the New York metropolitan area. Focus groups were conducted to investigate collectively their sense of hyphenated identities, their experiences of surveillance and their responses to scrutiny in families, communities, on the streets and in the political public sphere. Implications for the theoretical and empirical study of immigrant youth "under siege" are developed, with a particular focus on the burdens and responsibilities embodied by daughters of the second generation of Muslim-Americans.
AB - This article reports on a qualitative investigation of 15 young Muslim-American women living in New York City, after 9/11 and in the midst of the Patriot Act. Participants completed surveys about identity, discrimination, and coping; drew "identity maps" to represent their multiple identities and alliances; and participated in focus groups on several college campuses in the New York metropolitan area. Focus groups were conducted to investigate collectively their sense of hyphenated identities, their experiences of surveillance and their responses to scrutiny in families, communities, on the streets and in the political public sphere. Implications for the theoretical and empirical study of immigrant youth "under siege" are developed, with a particular focus on the burdens and responsibilities embodied by daughters of the second generation of Muslim-Americans.
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U2 - 10.1080/10888690701454674
DO - 10.1080/10888690701454674
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:68349100025
SN - 1088-8691
VL - 11
SP - 164
EP - 177
JO - Applied Developmental Science
JF - Applied Developmental Science
IS - 3
ER -