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Harvard University
Publication Date
Fall 2011
Abstract
This paper is the result of a month long study on how the process of migration affects the sense of Self of middle-classed Creole Surinamese migrant women who first migrated to the Netherlands in the 1960’s or 1970’s. All data was obtained from semi-structured oral history interviews analyzed with a historical and theoretical framework focusing on the influence of colonialism upon the three steps of the migration process: before migration, migration, and after migration. It is concluded that colonialism and its legacies have conferred, reconfigured and dismantled migrant women’s sense of Self throughout the entire migration process. Recommendations for future research include similar studies on other groups of Surinamese migrants such as men, other ethnicity groups and the lower class.
Disciplines
Demography, Population, and Ecology | Family, Life Course, and Society | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | Sociology of Culture | Women's Studies
Recommended Citation
Ogle, Jenise, "The Continuously Changing Self: The Story of Surinamese Creole Migration to the Netherlands" (2011). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 1152.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/1152
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Demography, Population, and Ecology Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Commons, Sociology of Culture Commons, Women's Studies Commons
Program Name
Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender