Theorizing identity: beyond the ‘us’ and ‘them’ dichotomyстатья из журнала
Аннотация: ABSTRACT ABSTRACT Yuval-Davis discusses three interconnected questions relating to identity. She first examines whether and in what ways the notion of identity should be theorized, on the one hand, and empirically researched, on the other, focusing on the opposing views of Stuart Hall and Robin Williams. She then examines the contested question of what is identity, positioning it in relation to notions of belonging and the politics of belonging, and in relation to several influential schools of thought, especially those that construct identity as a mode of narrative, as a mode of performativity or as a dialogical practice. Her third interrelated question concerns the boundaries of identity and the relationship between self and non-self. She explores both social psychological and psychoanalytical approaches to that question, and deals with questions such as reflexivity, identifications and forced identities. The last part of the article explores several types of relationships between self and non-self, such as: ‘me’ and ‘us’; ‘me/us’ and ‘them’; ‘me’ and other ‘others’; ‘me’ and the transversal ‘us/them’. Yuval-Davis's basic argument here is that dichotomous notions of identity and difference, when theorizing boundaries of individual and collective identities, are more misleading than explanatory. Keywords: belongingboundariesdialogueidentitynarrativesothernessperformativity Acknowledgements I would like to thank Ann Phoenix, Erene Kaptani, Margaret Wetherell and Molly Andrews, who all read different versions of this paper, for their insightful and useful comments, as was the case with the editor and anonymous readers of Patterns of Prejudice. Responsibility for the article, however, is mine. Additional informationNotes on contributorsNira Yuval-DavisNira Yuval-Davis is Director of the Research Centre on Migration, Refugees and Belonging at the University of East London. She is the author of Gender & Nation (Sage 1997), Racialized Boundaries (with Floya Anthias, Routledge 1992) and The Intersectional Politics of Belonging (Sage 2010). Among her edited books are Woman—Nation—State (with Floya Anthias, Macmillan 1989), Unsettling Settler Societies (with Daiva Stasiulis, Sage 1995), Women, Citizenship and Difference (with Pnina Werbner, Zed Books 1999), and The Situated Politics of Belonging (with Kaplana Kannabiran and Ulrike Vieten, Sage 2006). She is an editor of the Palgrave Macmillan series ‘The Politics of Intersectionality’. She is also the past president of the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations
Год издания: 2010
Авторы: Nira Yuval‐Davis
Издательство: Taylor & Francis
Источник: Patterns of Prejudice
Ключевые слова: Social and Cultural Dynamics, Foucault, Power, and Ethics
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Том: 44
Выпуск: 3
Страницы: 261–280