Cultural Studies and Discourse Analysis: A Dialogue on Language and Identity

Barker, Chris; Galasiński, Dariusz

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“…Our third and final perspective draws its theoretical moorings from sociology (Edles, 2002) and discourse analysis (Barker & Galasinski, 2001), which conceptualize ethnic culture from a social constructionist standpoint. We argue that the group entity paradigm (Adams & Markus, 2004) and, to a lesser extent, the individual differences paradigm (Y.…”

Section: Constructionist Perspective: Culture Varies In Content Acrosmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Whereas the scientific study of ethnic culture (including counseling psychology research) has mostly centered on the influence of ethnic culture on individuals (Hofstede & Hofstede, 2001), social constructionists are more likely to emphasize that individuals and ethnic culture have reciprocal influences on each other, as well as the fact that institutions, groups, and individuals are active agents in constructing ethnic culture (Proposition 6). This performative nature of ethnic culture emphasizes that ethnic culture is a social tool; that is, different versions of ethnic culture are enacted to achieve certain social goals (Barker & Galasinski, 2001). At the macro level, the performance of ethnic culture can be seen in institutional inventions of ethnic culture that are attributed to ancient cultural sources (Morris et al, 2015).…”

Section: Constructionist Perspective: Culture Varies In Content Acrosmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…At the interpersonal level, people’s conversational language elucidates the social constructionist view of ethnic culture (Baker & Galaskinski, 2001; Lester, Wong, O’Reilly, & Kiyimba, 2018 [this issue]). Like the sociological concept of “doing gender” (West & Zimmerman, 1987), ethnic culture is what people “do” when they talk or write to each other (P.…”

Section: Constructionist Perspective: Culture Varies In Content Acrosmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…C. Wang et al, 2016). Specifically, we recommend discourse analysis as a qualitative methodology that is a good fit with social constructionist notions of ethnic culture (Barker & Galasinski, 2001; Lester et al, 2018). In discourse analysis, language is viewed not only as a mirror that reflects reality but also a social tool to achieve certain functions.…”

Section: Constructionist Perspective: Culture Varies In Content Acrosmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Dynamic Paradigm of Ethnic Culture: Variations Across Context, Time, and Meaning

Wong

Wang

Farmer

2018

The Counseling Psychologist

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In this article, we argue that counseling psychology research on ethnic culture can be enhanced by drawing upon advancements in conceptual and methodological approaches from other fields. Accordingly, we present the dynamic paradigm of culture to provide counseling psychologists with a useful conceptualization of ethnic culture that serves as the impetus for developing novel research agendas. Grounded in interdisciplinary scholarship from social psychology, developmental psychology, political science, and sociology, this paradigm's core concept is ethnic culture's malleable nature; that is, ethnic culture varies across social contexts, across time, and in its meaning across individuals. These three dimensions of ethnic culture are elaborated within three perspectives: (a) the contextual perspective focuses on the situational and domain-specific nature of cultural influences, (b) the temporal perspective characterizes ethnic culture and individuals' cultural orientation as continually evolving through time, and (c) the constructionist perspective emphasizes the fragmented, subjective, antiessentialist, and performative nature of ethnic culture.

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Section: Constructionist Perspective: Culture Varies In Content Acrosmentioning

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Section: Constructionist Perspective: Culture Varies In Content Acrosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Constructionist Perspective: Culture Varies In Content Acrosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Constructionist Perspective: Culture Varies In Content Acrosmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Dynamic Paradigm of Ethnic Culture: Variations Across Context, Time, and Meaning

Wong

Wang

Farmer

2018

The Counseling Psychologist

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“…Giddens (1991) suggests that self-identity is thus the way in which people understand themselves by reflecting on their self-constructed biographies. Therefore, as reflection is performed and stems from the thought and meaning one attributes to experience and interactions (Barker & Galasinski, 2001), self-identity is a crucial concept in understanding how an individual has the power to construct his or her own identity.…”

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Exploring the Horizontal Acquisition of Transnational Identity in Intercultural Relationships in Toronto

Jankowski¹

2023

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While identity shift in the context of migration has been studied in depth, questions of identity in those who have close, love-based relationships with international migrants or descendants of migrants remain underrepresented in the literature. Theoretically framing the research in a cultural studies and constructivist perspective, this study explores the extent to which individuals in intercultural relationships take on components of their partners’ transnational identities and how this process occurs. Interviews were conducted with seven individuals in intercultural relationships with first or second-generation immigrant partners. They explored how an individual’s identity shifts in the context of their relationship to reflect their partner’s transnational identity. The findings demonstrate that individuals embrace components of their partner’s transnational identity through discussion and interaction with both their partner and their partner’s family, suggesting that non-migrant individuals with no familial ties to another region in the world can also engage in transnationalism.

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Discourses of work life in narrative identities of people with advanced dementia

Kłosińska

Ziółkowska

2023

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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Objectives: There is no consensus as to whether people with advanced dementia can create a narrative identity. It is most often thought to be disturbed due to autobiographical memory disorders. In this paper, we examined how people with advanced dementia constructed their narrative identities in relation to their professional experience.Methods: This qualitative study used data obtained from 8 semi-structured interviews. The interviewees were people with advanced dementia aged between 66 and 89 years. We analyzed the dataset based on the textual-oriented discourse analysis. Results:The study participants created narrative identities. Their narrative identities were constructed within residual professional discourses learned during their lifespan. These discourses blended their narrative identities into coherent stories about who they are now, offered languages to describe current experiences, and emphasized important values for their self-image. The participants built narrative identities by referring to the past and imagining a better present with the omission of the future. The past was valued positively and was a source of positive nostalgia.Projections of a better present served to reveal their needs and assess ways to meet them. Conclusions:We argue that people with advanced dementia can create complex and coherent narrative identities. They are constructed around discourses and not only using autobiographical memories. Encouraging them to create narrative identities in the dialogue can be a simple therapeutic method by which they can maintain a sense of self-cohesion and belonging to the world.

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Cultural Studies and Discourse Analysis: A Dialogue on Language and Identity

Cited by 119 publications

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The Dynamic Paradigm of Ethnic Culture: Variations Across Context, Time, and Meaning

The Dynamic Paradigm of Ethnic Culture: Variations Across Context, Time, and Meaning

Exploring the Horizontal Acquisition of Transnational Identity in Intercultural Relationships in Toronto

Discourses of work life in narrative identities of people with advanced dementia

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