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Project

Bridging the gap. Exploring ethno-cultural, identificational and marital patterns among second generation Turkish Belgians through the lens of boundary work
Code
01SM0713
Duration
09 June 2013 → 08 December 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Social psychology
    • Applied sociology
    • Policy and administration
    • Social psychology
    • Social stratification
    • Social theory and sociological methods
    • Sociology of life course, family and health
    • Other sociology
    • Other sociology
    • Social and cultural anthropology
    • Other anthropology
Keywords
partner choice second generation ethnic boundaries Europe identification Turkish Belgians cultural patterns
 
Project description

We contribute to research on the second generation in Europe through a study of the Turkish second generations' experiences, choices and narratives in terms of cultural practices, identification and partner choice. Drawing on in-depth interviews with the Turkish second generation in Belgium, we zoom in on micro-level lived experiences, and explore how they negotiate ethnic boundaries and structural constraints.