The fundamental purpose of this research is to study the processes of formation and identity change in Maghreb girls living in Catalonia. In this sense, a continuous and permanent process of renegotiation of identities by Maghrebi girls is indicated, depending on the context in which they find themselves, which makes them reflect on the use of certain symbols characteristic of their culture to show their inclusion or exclusion in the dominant discourse.
Following the line of the research group “Multiculturalism and Gender” directed by Mary Nash that analyzes the processes of construction of identities from a historical perspective through interdisciplinarity, in this research we try to observe and historicize the cultural construction patterns that lead to the Inclusion, marginalization or exclusion of certain human groups in certain historical moments recognizing, at the outset, their social and historical agency capacity (Nash, 2001).
According to these parameters and for our research, we have decided to take as a subject of study the Catalan girls of Maghrebi origin and/or the Maghrebi girls living in Catalonia. The starting hypothesis of our investigation was that identities, as a dynamic and heterogeneous but collective event, are in continuous recreation by the individuals that comprise it. Thus, we have been interested to observe how these girls perceive, build and renegotiate their identity and if, as the title of the article indicates, they consider whether they have or not. The motive that drives us to take them as a reference is their role in the migratory processes that characterize the Principality at the end of the 20th century. Trying to open new perspectives of analysis regarding the abundant monographs based on a quantitative or legal methodology, we try to see the impact of migratory flows in our society. We believe that by studying the different ways of constructing gender (feminine) in relation to the hegemonic discourse on the part of these girls we can know the way in which they renegotiate their identity and feel included or not in the society in which they live.
