Exploring South Asian Immigrant Women’s Strategies to Construct Hybrid Identity: An Integrated Approach to Acculturation

Conventional research on acculturation often presents immigrant integration into Western mainstream society as a linear process defined by prescribed stages. For instance, Berry’s (2005) acculturation framework—assimilation, integration, rejection, and deculturation—often overlooks women’s experiences and their social, historical, and cultural locations. Given the cultural diversity among immigrants from similar backgrounds, acculturation theory appears too broad. This