Paper Short Abstract:

Drawing on ethnographic information, this paper analyses the identity processes, experiences of racism, and sense of belonging of girls coming from mixed families with one immigrant progenitor (from culturally stigmatised countries), paying attention to gender inequalities and internal heterogeneity

Paper Abstract:

This paper analyses identity processes, experiences of racism, and sense of belonging of girls coming from mixed families with one immigrant progenitor (from culturally stigmatised countries) and the other from national origin. Previous studies have indicated that the life trajectories of multiethnic youth are very heterogeneous, depending on multiple factors, such as the geographical and cultural origin, or the stereotypes and prejudices associated with their perceived ‘phenotype’, language or religious affiliation. But what about gender? We want to go deeper into a gender analysis to interpret statements from our female informants such as "Maybe it would have been different if I wore a headscarf" or "I couldn't take the role of Jaume the Conqueror in the school play because I was a girl and black". Drawing on ethnographic information, we explore the narratives of multiethnic girls to shed some light on their perceptions of identity and discrimination, paying attention to gender inequalities and internal heterogeneity among girls from different ehtno-cultural origins, in a context of increasing transnationalisation and virtualisation of social and cultural connections.