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Re-configuring East-West identities: cross-generational discourses in German and Polish border communities

Meinhof, Ulrike H. and Galasinski, Dariusz (2002) Re-configuring East-West identities: cross-generational discourses in German and Polish border communities. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 28, (1), 63-82. (doi: 10.1080/13691830120103930)

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691830120103930

Description/Abstract

This article takes its data from one of two sets of communities studied as part of a British ESRC project into discursive constructions of identity. In this paper we argue three interrelated points. Firstly, we show the ways in which different elicitation formats of interviewee responses foreground variable aspects in people's identification. Secondly, we show how similar elicitation methods produced different criss-crossings of identification which render summary generalisations about identities in these communities problematic. Thirdly, we highlight the fluid and often paradoxical nature of multiple identifications across the different layers with which people choose to engage.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:1369-183 (print)
Uncontrolled Keywords:identity, discourse, narrative, context, polish german border
Related URLs:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369...0120103930
Subjects:H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
Divisions:University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Humanities > Modern Languages
ePrint ID:12326
Deposited On:05 Oct 2005
Last Modified:02 Jul 2010 02:06

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