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A Quest for Belonging: Yazidi Culture and Identity Preservation in the Diaspora

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2022, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the process by which the American Yazidi ethno-religious community of Lincoln, Nebraska preserves and transmits its culture and identity in a diasporic setting. This research seeks to contribute to new knowledge on how ethnic and religious immigrant communities negotiate questions of identity and cultural preservation, particularly in the context of historical or ongoing persecution in their native homelands. Utilizing ethnography, participant observation, and unstructured interviews, this research examines the mutually supporting individual and collective efforts to preserve Yazidi identity and cultural attributes, including heritage language instruction, civil society participation, artistic expression, trauma processing, and both local and transnational social relations. The research also canvasses the attitudes of Yazidis to better understand the centrality of inter-generational cultural transmission and the challenges of maintaining a distinct ethno-religious identity while integrating into a new society.
Morgan Liu (Advisor)
Johanna Sellman (Committee Member)
Jeffrey Cohen (Committee Member)
134 p.

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  • Brincka, B. (2022). A Quest for Belonging: Yazidi Culture and Identity Preservation in the Diaspora [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1654547256317513

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Brincka, Bradley. A Quest for Belonging: Yazidi Culture and Identity Preservation in the Diaspora . 2022. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1654547256317513.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Brincka, Bradley. "A Quest for Belonging: Yazidi Culture and Identity Preservation in the Diaspora ." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1654547256317513

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)