Articulations of Identity within Kuwaiti High School Cliques: Language Choices in Boyat and Emo Filipino Youth Groups

Autor/in	Almubayei, Dalal Saleh
Titel	Articulations of Identity within Kuwaiti High School Cliques: Language Choices in Boyat and Emo Filipino Youth Groups
Quelle	(2010), (188 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Texas at Arlington
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-1240-5516-9
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Self Concept; High School Students; Group Membership; Language Role; Foreign Countries; Asians; Ethnicity; Arabs; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Observation; Interviews; Journal Writing; Student Journals; Ethnography; Surveys; Newspapers; Electronic Publishing; Student Attitudes; Sampling; Kuwait + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Selbstkonzept; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Gruppenzugehörigkeit; Ausland; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Ethnizität; Arab; Araber; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Beobachtung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Studentenzeitung; Ethnografie; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Newspaper; Zeitung; Elektronisches Publizieren; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	This dissertation adds to work exploring where language stands in the shaping of adolescent speakers' social identities, since identities emerge through discursive and social practices, and social selves are produced through interaction (Bucholtz 1999), but much of the literature studying the role of language in defining the adolescent's identity is insufficient (Fortman 2003). This study is based on data from five months of fieldwork in 2008-2009 with two distinct and stigmatized high school cliques in Kuwait. The first clique is well known for its Arabish name "boyat" "lesbian tomboys". The second clique is a combination of Emo subculture and Filipino ethnicity. The study adopts a "mixed methods approach", which employed qualitative and quantitative measures. Qualitatively, the study is situated within an ethnographic framework that used observation, interviews, and student journal writing to emphasize the impact of language in shaping identity. Quantitatively, the work included data collected from surveys of 672 high school students, Arabic newspaper reports on the cliques, and a concordance analysis of the lexical items used by teens in their blogs. Attitudes towards members of the boyat group reflected either disgust or admiration. Attitudes expressed toward the Emo group stimulated only prejudice. The experience with ethnographic fieldwork suggested that in the lives of the student cliques, the language behaviors of others (e.g., members from three social institutions: family, friends, and school) can be more powerful than the behaviors of the young speakers concerned. These behaviors are not merely signaling factors of youth group membership, but leading factors towards social identity construction. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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