Immigrant student identities: how Bakhtin and Hermans'' theories conceptualize their fluidity

Authors

Xiaodi Zhou, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2016

Abstract

This essay discusses how Bakhtin's conception of double-voicedness and cultural identities, along with Hermans's theories of I-positionality and subjectivities, helps frame researchers' characterization of immigrant students' complex and fluid identities. This age of globalization has increased the number and dimensions of positions anyone can assume. Immigrant identities, particularly students, can especially be conceptualized as dynamic and in flux, fluctuating between at least two cultural positions. Sometimes their transnational identities can be conceived as hybridized and dialogic between these cultural norms.

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Recommended Citation

Xiaodi, Z. (2016). Immigrant student identities: how Bakhtin and Hermans''theories conceptualize their fluidity. Journal of Globalization Studies, 7(2), 102-117.

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Journal of Globalization Studies