“Silent” monologues, “loud” dialogues and the emergence of hibernated I-positions in the negotiation of multivoiced cultural identities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18992002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Evangelia Prokopiou (0000-0003-0827-6549, University College London, UK, corresponding author), Tony Cline (University College London, UK), Guida De Abreu (0000-0002-3506-5897, Oxford Brookes University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 494-509 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture & Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-067X • E-ISSN: 1461-7056 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1354067x12456885 |
| OpenAlex | W2318341526 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 14 |
Drawing on dialogical self theory (Hermans, 2001) and employing a case study approach, this article aims to provide insights into the dialogical processes through which two British-born siblings of Pakistani background construct and negotiate their cultural identities. The analysis suggests that both young people were moving towards their multivoiced cultural identities through a constant positioning and re-positioning within their communities, which resulted in dialogical negotiation of aspects of differences/similarities and belonging within their majority and minority communities as well as living in a multicultural society. When their negotiation is a struggle shaped by issues of racism and religious discrimination, two opposing processes are constructed, a dynamic dialogical and a monological one. We introduce the notion of hibernated I-positions as a resource to deal with rapid change, threat and uncertainty. I-positions that are inactive, or are in a hibernated state and silenced, are always available to re-emerge and become engaged in a new dialogue to help retain identity continuity. In this article, we challenge linear assumptions which assume that all immigrant groups undergo the same kind of psychological acculturation process
Acculturation · Aesthetics · Dialogical self · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Immigration · Multiculturalism · Negotiation · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Cultural Differences and Values · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity
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| Citations per year | 0.85 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |