Description
Using Co-Cultural Theory, we extend the concept of co-culture to the offspring of immigrants. The offspring immigrants are individuals with at least one foreign-born parent. Twenty-two offspring of Turkish immigrants born in the United States were interviewed about communication challenges from a co-cultural theoretical lens. Our analysis revealed that these participants utilize blending and co-cultural networking to process the intercultural tension they face within the US sociocultural landscape. These tensions inform us of how pronounced the US culture and power structure is and its ability to influence offspring immigrants' understanding of their cultural identity.
Publication Date
8-26-2024
Publisher
Journal of Intercultural Communication, Routledge
Keywords
Offspring immigrant; cocultural theory; blending; cocultural- networking; cultural identity
Department
Communication Studies
Recommended Citation
Aksoy, Ahmet and Heuman, Amy N., "“Being the Needle in the Haystack:” The Addition of “Blending” and “Co-Cultural Networking” As Practices to Orbe’s (1998) Co-Cultural Theory" (2024). Communication Studies Faculty Works. 54.
https://openriver.winona.edu/communicationstudiesfacultyworks/54
Unique Identifier
2024-Aksoy and Heuman-Being the Needle in the Haystack
Comments
JOURNAL OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION RESEARCH 2024, VOL. 53, NOS. 1–2, 63–80 https://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2024.2399096