ABSTRACT This article explores identity among the South Asian diaspora in New Zealand. Using data from qualitative interviews with South Asian New Zealanders, it argues that analyses of hybridity need to consider different varieties of hybridisation in relation to ethnicity, religion, language and national identity. South Asian identities may be hybridised with ‘Kiwi’ identity variously represented as values, idealised citizenship and a White Western lifestyle. The data analysed in the paper demonstrate the independence and salience of religious as distinct from ethnic identities in the South Asian diaspora in New Zealand. Hybridisation results, in part, from a conscious strategy on the part of parents who encourage children to identify with their ethnic origins, language, nation and religion.

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“我知道我的根是印度人，但我的想法是新西兰人”：新西兰的杂交、身份和“印度人”

摘要 本文探讨了新西兰南亚侨民的身份认同。使用来自对南亚新西兰人的定性访谈的数据，它认为对杂交的分析需要考虑与种族、宗教、语言和民族认同相关的不同种类的杂交。南亚身份可能与“新西兰”身份混合在一起，以不同的方式代表价值观、理想化的公民身份和西方白人的生活方式。论文中分析的数据表明，在新西兰的南亚侨民中，宗教的独立性和显着性与种族身份不同。杂交的部分原因是父母有意识地鼓励孩子认同他们的种族、语言、民族和宗教。