An interactional analysis of Muslim women resisting discourses of othering through humour: an autoethnographic reflection of a critical micro-analytic approach

IF 4.6 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Qualitative Research in Psychology Pub Date : 2023-09-25 DOI:10.1080/14780887.2023.2254266

Hanain Brohi

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This paper considers the application of a micro-analytic approach to critically explore how a Muslim women’s Sister’s Circle (SC), based at a British university, interactionally resists discourses of Islamophobia and othering through humour. I reflect on how I navigated methodological tensions during my PhD, specifically around context in Conversation Analysis (CA; Schegloff, 1997), and explore the benefits of synthesising CA with other critical approaches. Through applying an EM/CA informed discourse analytic approach, this paper showcases how the SC employs humour as a tool for subversion to discursively ‘undo’ othering and reject victimhood. Humour serves as a tool to reverse a social order that otherwise positions Muslims as ‘other’. In summation, this paper argues that applying a synthesised micro-analytic approach enriches the analysis and discussion of implications, demonstrating the benefits of applying such an approach to the study of how (racially) minoritized communities (re)produce and respond to their respective realities.

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通过幽默抵抗他人话语的穆斯林妇女的互动分析:一种批判性微观分析方法的自我民族志反映

本文考虑运用微观分析的方法，批判性地探讨英国一所大学的穆斯林妇女姐妹圈(SC)如何通过幽默互动地抵制伊斯兰恐惧症和其他话语。我反思了我在博士期间是如何处理方法论上的紧张关系的，特别是在对话分析(CA;Schegloff, 1997)，并探索将CA与其他关键方法综合起来的好处。通过运用EM/CA知情话语分析方法，本文展示了SC如何将幽默作为颠覆的工具，在话语上“撤销”他人并拒绝受害者身份。幽默是一种工具，可以扭转将穆斯林视为“他者”的社会秩序。总之，本文认为，应用综合微观分析方法丰富了对影响的分析和讨论，展示了将这种方法应用于研究(种族)少数群体如何(再)生产和对各自现实作出反应的好处。

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Qualitative Research in Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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