Rethinking ‘Acculturation’ in Relation to Diasporic Cultures and Postcolonial Identities

By S. Bhatia, Anjali Ram. Human Development, 2001

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Subfields: Communication, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Colonialism and Psychology of Culture (2008, background): “In another example of this line of scholarship, Bhatia and Ram (2001) outlined the ways in which postcolonial research is relevant to scholarship on acculturation and immigrant identities in the field of human development.”
Diversity in organizations: Where are we now and where are we going? (2009, background): “However, Bhatia and Ram (2001) argued that immigrants had to face a constant process of conflict while developing hybrid identities.”
Positive immigrant youth adaptation in context: Developmental, acculturation, and social psychological perspectives (2012, background): “Cultural identity develops within the context of larger social and historical forces (Bhatia & Ram, 2001).”
Refugees, Acculturation Strategies, Stress and Integration (2010, background): “On the other hand the diaspora studies, and cultural identity approach, initiated by Hall (1990, 1997) and developed by Bhatia and Ram (2001), based largely upon the study of post-colonial migrants into UK and US society, views ‘the formation of immigrant identity within a historical context, bound…”
The Dialogical Self: Toward a Theory of Personal and Cultural Positioning (2001, methodology): “As Bhatia and Ram (2001) observe, in the discussed acculturation model, the integration strategy is considered to be a linear trajectory that leads to an end-goal.”
Acculturation Gap, Intergenerational Conflict, Parenting Style, and Youth Distress in Immigrant Chinese American Families (2008, background): “Recent thinking on the way immigrants adapt to the ways of mainstream culture and reconstruct their family lives in the host country underscores the importance of considering the uniqueness of the experiences of each migrant group (Bhatia & Ram, 2001).”
THE CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF A DIALOGICAL SELF (2003, background): “Your classmates do not think you are American enough, and your parents think you are too Westernized. . . “ (Mani, 1994, quoted by Bhatia and Ram, 2001, p. 305).”
The Reliability and Validity of the Brief Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans-II for Children and Adolescents (2005, background): “This assertion has been challenged by researchers, who propose that the varied circumstances and contexts of acculturation do not generate a universal process (Bahtia & Ram, 2001).”