Cultural Values

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An insider view of how the different values coalesce to create an identity in M.G.Vassanji’s And Home Was Kariakoo: a Memoir of East Africa

In this paper the analysis validates the assumption that the way in which the immigrants go beyond the cultural differences through the internalization of the new meanings follows the process of adjustment to Canadian multicultural society.

You can find more at https://culturalvalues.wordpress.com/2016/05/31/an-insider-view-of-how-the-different-values-coalesce-to-create-an-identity-in-m-g-vassanjis-and-home-was-kariakoo-a-memoir-of-east-africa/

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The role of cognitive dissonance in the immigrant’s adjustment to Canadian multicultural society in M.G. Vassanji’s fiction

In this paper the analysis validates the assumption that the way in which the immigrants go beyond the cultural differences through the internalization of new meanings, following the process of cognitive dissonance, contributes to their adjustment to Canadian multicultural society. To capture the relevant aspects of this process highlighting the characters’ intense feelings that change their attitude and behavior, I explore the works of an author who is representative of Canadian literature. Thus, I have selected from M.G.Vassanji’s fiction those literary works in which the characters’ identity trajectories take East Africa as a point of departure and Canada as a point of destination and identity redefinition.

read more: https://culturalvalues.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/the-role-of-cognitive-dissonance-in-the-immigrants-adjustment-to-canadian-multicultural-society-in-m-g-vassanjis-fiction/

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The Identity Trajectory in the Process of Adjustment and the Dynamics of Values in M.G.Vassanji’s The In-Between World of Vikram Lall

Taking into consideration that an analysis of the identity transformations based mainly on statistics cannot comprise the emotional intensity and amplitude of the challenges shaping the identity of an individual in the process of adjustment to a new society, in this paper I propose an exploration of this cultural quest focused on the dynamics of values. Adjustment to a new society brings to the forefront the individual’s negotiation with himself/herself in adopting new meanings to certain values which are thus culturally enriched.

More you can find at https://culturalvalues.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/the-identity-trajectory-in-the-process-of-adjustment-and-the-dynamics-of-values-in-m-g-vassanjis-the-in-between-world-of-vikram-lall/