Identity Construction in Three AbaGusii Bewitchment Narratives

identity construction in three abagusii bewitchment narratives

the stories we tell about our lives unveil their content just as much as the lexical choices we make index a certain worldview, attitude, positionality, and relationship to reality. in essence, in narratives, individuals construct the self and denote personal identities. the available narrative identity studies have largely ignored the language employed by the bewitched while narrating their ex...

The Role of Desire in Self Construction: City and Identity Narratives

Becoming incapacitated? Long-term sickness benefit recipients and the construction of stigma and identity narratives.

The transition to becoming 'incapacitated' and receiving sickness benefits represents a significant shift in an individual's narrative. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 25 long-term sickness benefits recipients in North-East England, this article focuses upon how individuals perceived and managed becoming 'incapacitated', particularly in relation to stigma and identity. The findings show tha...

constructing gender identity through narratives based on hallidays metafunctions

هویت, شکل دادن و بازنمایی آن در گفتمان, توجه بسیاری از محققان این رشته را به خود جلب کرده است. تحقیق حاضر بر شکل دادن به هویت جنسیتی هشت تن از دانشجویان ایرانی مشغول به تحصیل در دوره کارشناسی ارشد از طریق بررسی روایات آنان از تجربیات شخصی, متمرکز شده است. تحلیل داده ها در این تحقیق مشتمل بر سه بخش است: بخش اول شامل کدگذاری موضوعی روایات است که بر اساس آن هویت جنسیتی شرکت کنندگان در تحقیق بر اسا...

Identity narratives and group-based emotions

An Exploration of Discoursal Construction of Identity in Academic Writing

The view that academic writing is purely objective, impersonal and informational, which is often reflected in English for Academic Purposes materials, has been criticized by a number of researchers. By now, the view of academic writing as embodying interaction among writers, readers and the academic community as a whole has been established. Following this assumption, the present study focused ...