ARTIFACTS, IDENTITY, AND TRANSITION - FAVORITE POSSESSIONS OF INDIANS AND INDIAN IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED-STATES
ARTIFACTS, IDENTITY, AND TRANSITION - FAVORITE POSSESSIONS OF INDIANS AND INDIAN IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED-STATES
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DOI：
10.1086/208566
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发表时间：
1991-03-01
影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
BELK, RW
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作者：
MEHTA, R;BELK, RW
我们所依附的东西有助于定义我们是谁，我们曾经是谁，以及我们希望成为谁。这些意义很可能对那些身份转换中的人特别突出。在这项研究中，我们通过比较在印度的印度人和移民到美国的印度人最喜欢的财产来检验这些意义。由于印度人的自我意识与西方的观念有很大的不同，这些移民提供了一个有趣而重要的群体，在这个群体中，人们可以研究如何利用财产来确保身份。结果表明，财产在移民身份的重建中起着重要的作用。
The things to which we are attached help to define who we are, who we were, and who we hope to become. These meanings are likely to be especially salient to those in identity transitions. In this study we examine such meanings by comparing favorite possessions of Indians in India and Indians who immigrated to the United States. Because the Indian sense of self differs considerably from Western concepts, these immigrants provide an interesting and important group in which to examine the use of possessions in securing identity. Results suggest that possessions play an important role in the reconstruction of immigrant identity.