Mixed race identity development

  • language and identity

  • Mixed-race identity development across life stages.

     “Mixed-Race Identity Project”[1]: A Case Study Mirroring Kich’s Three Stages of Biracial Identity Development. Shaitan Alexandra Birkbeck College, University of London Introduction This paper discusses findings pertaining to mixed-race adults’ identity construction told in ethnographically-informed, semi-structured interviews. It begins with a brief review of the research literature related to mixed-race individuals born and raised in Japan,…

  • Language and Identity

    By Alexandra Shaitan “The form of our stories, the content of our stories, and our story-telling behaviour are all sensitive indices not just of our personal selves, but also, of our social and cultural identities” Schiffrin (1996: 170). Discursive Turn to Identity Production Identity is a multi-layered psychological, social and cultural concept that needs to…