Banal interculturalism: Latin Americans in Elephant and Castle, London
Banal interculturalism: Latin Americans in Elephant and Castle, London
This paper discusses banal interculturalism as produced in an interview situation with migrants of Latin American background in London. Banal interculturalism emerges within discursive semiotic processes that allow the participants to display their (cultural) knowledge about co-ethnics and their practices, to position themselves in opposition to the ‘others’ within diaspora, and to justify their, typically negative, views towards other migrants. Sources of that knowledge can be experiential, though in most cases consist of hearsay evidence. This notion may assist intercultural communication scholars in understanding how intra-group relations are conceived and the consequences for migrants of the discourses they themselves spread within the wider group.
banal interculturalism, Latin Americans in London, discriminatory discourse, othering, positioning
Patino, Adriana
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Márquez Reiter, Rosina
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28 September 2018
Patino, Adriana
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Márquez Reiter, Rosina
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Patino, Adriana and Márquez Reiter, Rosina
(2018)
Banal interculturalism: Latin Americans in Elephant and Castle, London.
Language and Intercultural Communication.
(doi:10.1080/14708477.2018.1508292).
Abstract
This paper discusses banal interculturalism as produced in an interview situation with migrants of Latin American background in London. Banal interculturalism emerges within discursive semiotic processes that allow the participants to display their (cultural) knowledge about co-ethnics and their practices, to position themselves in opposition to the ‘others’ within diaspora, and to justify their, typically negative, views towards other migrants. Sources of that knowledge can be experiential, though in most cases consist of hearsay evidence. This notion may assist intercultural communication scholars in understanding how intra-group relations are conceived and the consequences for migrants of the discourses they themselves spread within the wider group.
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Accepted/In Press date: 30 July 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 28 September 2018
Published date: 28 September 2018
Keywords:
banal interculturalism, Latin Americans in London, discriminatory discourse, othering, positioning
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/423145
ISSN: 1470-8477
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