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- Title
The narrative negotiation of identity and belonging.
- Authors
Kraus, Wolfgang
- Abstract
The present article discusses the need for a narrative approach within current identity theory and insists on the importance of an appropriate selection when it comes to a specific approach. It is argued that the most adequate theoretical relationship can be established to a poststructuralist and deconstructivist narratology. This understanding leads to a focus on narrativity and to the performative construction of identity. The question of belonging facilitates further elaboration on the various aspects of identity. Again, narrativity is proposed as a theoretical and methodological approach for analysis. Here situational self-positioning and positioning by others are seen as central in the negotiation of belonging. Particular emphasis is placed on small narratives and on positioning within the discursive situation.
- Subjects
NARRATIVES; IDENTITY (Philosophical concept); POSTSTRUCTURALISM; DECONSTRUCTION; NEGOTIATION; STORYTELLING; COHESION (Linguistics); GROUP identity; NARRATIVE paradigm theory
- Publication
Narrative Inquiry, 2006, Vol 16, Issue 1, p103
- ISSN
1387-6740
- Publication type
Article