Catching identities in flight

IF 0.9 4区文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION

Narrative Inquiry Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI:10.1075/ni.20025.jac

Catho Jacobs, Dorien Van De Mieroop, C. Laar

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Abstract We present a case study of a small talk sequence in a Belgian workplace between two female colleagues with a migration background, in which they share stories with each other on racial micro-aggressions they personally experienced. We draw on the social practice approach and focus on the narrators’ identity work in this interaction. We found that the narrators construct stories in which powerless and outgroup identities are projected upon them in the storyworld, but by means of which more empowered identities and an ingroup with the interlocutor are talked into being in the storytelling world. Interestingly, these findings can be linked to the rejection-identification dynamic. This social psychological model shows that individuals who experienced discrimination are able to buffer negative consequences to their psychological well-being by identifying with the group that is discriminated against. This article adds to this earlier research by showing the crucial role of language, in particular of storytelling and small talk, in this rejection-identification dynamic.

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在飞行中识别身份

在比利时的一个工作场所，两位具有移民背景的女同事之间进行了一段简短的谈话，在谈话中，她们彼此分享了自己亲身经历的种族微侵犯的故事。我们借鉴社会实践的方法，关注叙述者在这种互动中的身份工作。我们发现，叙述者在构建故事时，在故事世界中将无力和外群体的身份投射到他们身上，但通过这种方式，更有权力的身份和与对话者的内群体在讲故事的世界中被引入。有趣的是，这些发现可以与排斥-识别动态联系起来。这个社会心理学模型表明，经历过歧视的个体能够通过认同被歧视的群体来缓冲对他们心理健康的负面影响。这篇文章通过展示语言，特别是讲故事和闲聊，在这种拒绝-识别动态中所起的关键作用，为早期的研究提供了补充。

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Narrative Inquiry Multiple-

CiteScore

2.10

自引率

14.30%

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期刊介绍： Narrative Inquiry is devoted to providing a forum for theoretical, empirical, and methodological work on narrative. Articles appearing in Narrative Inquiry draw upon a variety of approaches and methodologies in the study of narrative as a way to give contour to experience, tradition, and values to next generations. Particular emphasis is placed on theoretical approaches to narrative and the analysis of narratives in human interaction, including those practiced by researchers in psychology, linguistics and related disciplines.