- Jag är den jag var då - det är förutsättningarna som har förändrats? - en postkolonial feministisk studie utav invandrarkvinnors berättelser om identitetskonstruktion och förändring
CultureClassEthnicityIdentity constructionIdentity shiftMigrated womenNarrative analysisPostcolonial feminist theoryPolitical and administrative sciencesStatsvetenskapFörvaltningskunskapLaw and Political Science
Postcolonial feminist theory says that ones identity is constructed by severalfactor, not only gender but even culture, ethnicity and class imbedded in the socialcontext. This paper examines what happens to women's identities if the socialcontext changes. Does an identity shift occur? By interviewing five women fromBosnia-Herzegovina I try to understand the affects migration has on women?sidentity. Postcolonial feminist theory says that our identities are constantlychanging, as their constructing factors. These factors, as well as our identities, areaffected and created from inside and outside of our group of belonging. Hence,identification by other as well as self identification creates our identities. I foundthat the Bosnian women that I interviewed in many ways changed the way inwitch they perceive themselves and their reality because of the changed socialcontext. In other ways though, they tried to remain the same, holding on to whatthey call a Bosnian identity. Because of this I believe that we can?t talk about anidentity shift sense the change in their identities hasn?t been that drastic. Butnevertheless there has been an important change witch confirms the postcolonialfeminist theories about fluctuating identity.