A Phenomenological Study of Female and Feminist Identities Among Iranian Muslim Immigrant Women

Immigrant Women’s Voices and Integrating Feminism Into Migration Theory Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI:10.4018/978-1-7998-4664-2.ch003

Mozhgan Malekan

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Little is known about Iranian Muslim immigrant women in the US with respect to their female and feminist identities and the interconnections with Islam and immigration. The aim in the current study was to provide detailed answers to the research questions using diagrammatic elicitation, semi-structured individual interviews, and observation as the primary tools for collecting data. Two themes—immigration and experiencing more freedom and autonomy and immigration and different conditions—emerged through diagrammatic elicitation. Five themes emerged during the interviews. These themes included experiencing social change and a new definition of the situation, experiencing different values, empowerment and emancipation, fulfillment of needs, and self-image. Three themes appeared from observation of the participants in the group meetings: gender identity versus national and religious identities, America the land of opportunities, and to be or not be is the question. The current study suggests that the participants are experiencing a sort of gender consciousness and agency.

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伊朗穆斯林移民妇女女性与女权主义身份的现象学研究

在美国，人们对伊朗穆斯林移民妇女的女性和女权主义身份以及与伊斯兰教和移民的相互联系知之甚少。本研究的目的是为研究问题提供详细的答案，使用图表启发，半结构化的个人访谈和观察作为收集数据的主要工具。通过图解的启发，出现了移民与体验更多自由和自治、移民与不同条件两个主题。采访中出现了五个主题。这些主题包括体验社会变革和对形势的新定义、体验不同的价值观、赋权和解放、满足需求和自我形象。通过对小组会议参与者的观察，出现了三个主题:性别认同与民族和宗教认同、美国是充满机会的土地、生存还是毁灭是个问题。目前的研究表明，参与者正在经历一种性别意识和代理。

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