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Maher as the Location of Origin: Examining Home and Displacement in Geo-Familial, Academic, and Spiritual Contexts.
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Qualitative Inquiry . Jul2022, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p654-662. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- In this article, I examine the construct of parental home or maher in my native language Marathi—as a social, emotional, cultural, spiritual, physical, and lived construct. Maher informs my struggle to comprehend the construct of home and its relationship to displacement, loss of familiarity, nostalgia, and the liminal. I juxtapose my experiences of being a newly married woman of Indian origin in the United States, with my experiences of being a new graduate student in a reputed North American university—both simultaneous life events. This article is an autoethnographical reflection on my negotiation of my marital and academic landscapes where I found my identity and ontological orientations challenged. The borderlands that resulted from geo-familial displacement and ontological displacement in academia intersected to create vantage points and liminal spaces that allowed me to explore, re-orient, and assert my ontological roots that are informed by Indian philosophy—specifically, the Advaita Vedanta approach. This article explores the power of art as research and the process of art-making as a process synchronous to researching to explore identity in the making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *NATIVE Americans
*MARRIED women
*NATIVE language
*ARTISTIC creation
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10778004
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Qualitative Inquiry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 157548634
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004211002779