Preservation or Denial: Bicultural Identity within the Context of Assimilation

Abstract

The aim of my thesis is to examine the process of assimilation, in terms of cultural adaptation affected by various “driving forces”, such as cultural awareness, beneficial or retentive social factors, and linguistic abilities with a special emphasis on bilingualism. I will focus on segmented assimilation and within that selective acculturation, which provides a path to a bicultural-bilingual self-identification.