Date Approved
6-3-2024
Embargo Period
6-3-2026
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Department
Education
College
College of Education
Advisor
Monica Reid Kerrigan, Ed.D.
Committee Member 1
Cecile Sam, Ph.D.
Committee Member 2
Daniel Strasser, Ph.D.
Keywords
Caribbean Studies; Education; Identity; LGBT+; Marginalized Identities
Subject(s)
Caribbean-Americans; Minority doctoral students; Lesbians
Disciplines
Higher Education
Abstract
The voice of Black gay women in the Anglophone Caribbean is often missing from the literature. This phenomenological study focuses on the lived experience of reimagined identity among university-educated Black gay women in the Anglophone Caribbean. This study also examines their meaning-making and agentive practices as they navigate cultural artifacts and negotiate their identity. Using van Manen’s data collection methods and analysis, this study highlights essential themes around a reimagined identity: reimagining requires permission, and reimagining one’s identity transforms frames of reference. Findings also highlight how participants use space and control their environment as resistance strategies and how they made meaning of their experience through shaping and feeling seen.
Recommended Citation
Stoute, Sa-Rawla, "SHE’S GOT HER TICKET: THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF REIMAGINED IDENTITY AMONG UNIVERSITY-EDUCATED CARIBBEAN BLACK GAY WOMEN" (2024). Theses and Dissertations. 3231.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/3231
