EXPLORING BIRACIAL IDENTITY THROUGH ROOTS TRAVEL FOR AFRICAN DIASPORAS

IF 0.5 Q4 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

TOURISM CULTURE & COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.3727/109830421x16345418234029

Alana Dillette

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Abstract

This auto-ethnography, grounded in my experiences as a biracial, bicultural black woman, is written as an exploration of how identity formation is impacted through travel. It considers my lived experiences with Du Bois’ double consciousness in a traditionally hegemonic society. Using Poston’s (1990) biracial identity development model as a framework for my inquiry, I examine a roots tourism trip to Ghana as a reflection of my lived experiences to demonstrate how the utilization of auto-ethnography as a critical method of inquiry can provide important insights into the intersectionality between roots tourism and identity. Results from this study suggest that exposure to roots travel can be the catalyst for personal internal and external reflection on one’s patterns of behavior and thought about their identity.

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通过非洲散居者的寻根旅行探索混血儿身份

这本自我民族志，以我作为一个混血、双文化黑人女性的经历为基础，是对身份形成如何通过旅行受到影响的探索。它考虑了我在一个传统的霸权社会中与杜波依斯双重意识的生活经历。使用波斯顿(1990)的混血人身份发展模型作为我的研究框架，我考察了加纳的根旅游之旅，作为我生活经历的反映，以证明如何利用自动民族志作为一种关键的调查方法，可以为根旅游和身份之间的交叉性提供重要的见解。这项研究的结果表明，接触根旅行可以成为个人内部和外部反思一个人的行为模式和思考他们的身份的催化剂。

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TOURISM CULTURE & COMMUNICATION HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM-

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1.20

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16.70%

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