“And in Israel we became Russians straight away”

IF 0.9 4区 文学 Q3 COMMUNICATION
Elena Maydell
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Abstract

Social constructionism suggests that identities are created through interactions with others, as well as the wider socio-cultural environment. This research employs constructionist narrative analysis for a case study of a Russian-Jewish woman who emigrated from Russia to Israel and then to New Zealand. Lara’s first two societies of settlement, Russia and Israel, seem pre-occupied with the ethnic demarcation of their members, which contradicts to how she feels “deep inside”. Ascribed an inferior identity in both, Lara provides rich explanations for her husband’s remark that in Russia they were “bloody Jews” and in Israel they became “bloody Russians”. While making sense of her life experiences, she articulates the complex process of changes and assigns positive meanings to her identity using available cultural resources. Her fascinating narrative provides a unique in-depth account, allowing for a better understanding of the interplay between such notions as identity, agency, and community across different cultural environments.
“在以色列,我们立刻变成了俄罗斯人。”
社会建构主义认为,身份是通过与他人以及更广泛的社会文化环境的互动而产生的。本研究采用建构主义叙事分析的方法,对一位从俄罗斯移民到以色列,再移民到新西兰的俄裔犹太妇女进行个案研究。劳拉的前两个定居社会,俄罗斯和以色列,似乎专注于其成员的种族划分,这与她“内心深处”的感受相矛盾。劳拉在这两方面都被认为是劣等的身份,她为丈夫的评论提供了丰富的解释,她丈夫说他们在俄罗斯是“血腥的犹太人”,在以色列是“血腥的俄罗斯人”。在理解自己的人生经历的同时,她用现有的文化资源阐明了复杂的变化过程,并为自己的身份赋予了积极的意义。她引人入胜的叙述提供了独特而深入的描述,让我们更好地理解不同文化环境中身份、代理和社区等概念之间的相互作用。
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Narrative Inquiry
Narrative Inquiry Multiple-
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2.10
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14.30%
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14
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.
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