Identity Narration and Negotiation among Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2020-10-19 DOI:10.1080/26892618.2020.1834051

K. Melekis, J. Gonyea

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Abstract To be old and homeless is to face multiple stigmatized identities simultaneously. This qualitative study explored how older homeless adults construct their personal and social identities to manage this stigma. A series of semi-structured in-depth interviews and field observations were conducted over a period of two years with twenty homeless older adults affiliated with an outreach program in a Northeastern U.S. city. Results revealed three typologies of identity narration strategies that the participants used in their processes of identity negotiation and stigma resistance: (1) illumination of positive identities, (2) differentiation and hierarchy, and (3) adoption of other stigmatized but more “deserving” identities. Three case narratives are presented here as a means of illustrating the constructed typology of identity narration and negotiation strategies among older adults experiencing homelessness. Findings suggest ways we might honor individual narratives to eliminate the dividing practice of homelessness as “other” and reframe the discourse to better address older homelessness.

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老年人无家可归的身份叙事与协商

摘要年老和无家可归意味着同时面临多重被污名化的身份。这项定性研究探讨了无家可归的老年人如何构建他们的个人和社会身份来管理这种污名。在美国东北部一个城市的外展项目中，对20名无家可归的老年人进行了为期两年的半结构化深入访谈和实地观察。结果揭示了参与者在身份协商和抵制污名化过程中使用的三种类型的身份叙述策略：（1）正面身份的阐明，（2）分化和等级制度，以及（3）采用其他污名化但更“值得”的身份。本文提出了三个案例叙事，以说明无家可归的老年人的身份叙事和谈判策略的构建类型。研究结果表明，我们可以尊重个人叙事，以消除将无家可归者视为“其他人”的分裂做法，并重新构建话语，更好地解决老年人无家可归的问题。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.