Tussen 'Marokkaanse' en 'moslim': over de etnische en religieuze identiteit van 'Marokkaanse' adolescente meisjes

Abstract

This article is based on in-depth interviews and describes the way Moroccan adolescent girls in Belgium perceive their ethnical identity in a foreign context and is. By following the theoretical identity concept of Stuart Hall (1991), a distinction is made between a moment of differentiation and association. The first moment questions whether and how they identify themselves with their Moroccan identity. The second moment describes the way they try to fill in their Moroccan identity. A final focus of this article is on the place the Moroccan girls give to the Islam in their self-description. The article documents the immense diversity in the description the girls give of their Moroccan identity. On the other hand they all seem to emphasise a genealogical dimension in their self-description, to stress their common origin. As to the Islamic identity, the interviews show that there is a tendency towards dissociation from the Moroccan identity.