Migrant identities

Cards (2)

  • Sources of identity
    Sources of identity give us a sense of belonging of who we are
    • Family
    • Friends
    • Neighbourhood
    • Ethnicity
    • Religion
    • Nationality
  • Migrant identity
    Their country of origin may provide an additional or alternative source of identity. Migrants may develop 'hybrid identities'. Eade 1994 found that second generation Bangladeshi Muslims created hierarchical identities. They saw themselves as Muslim first, then Bengali then British.