Narratives of migration on Facebook
Belonging and identity among former fellow refugees
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7901685 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dominika Baran (Duke University, corresponding author), Dominika M Baran |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 245-268 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language in Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047404518000027 |
| OpenAlex | W2795408964 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 36 |
This article brings together research on migration and identity in translocal and superdiverse contexts, and the recently expanding interest in narratives and interaction in social media, by examining the construction of identities in narratives shared in a private Facebook group message. The participants are former fellow refugees from Poland who reconnected on Facebook after two decades. The article analyzes three narratives produced in response to the researcher's question about ethnic and national affiliations. Using Bucholtz & Hall's (2004) tactics of intersubjectivity framework, this study examines the complex and conflicting ways in which individuals position themselves with respect to various contexts of belonging and difference (Meinhof & Galasiński 2005) that emerge in their narratives. I argue that the narratives show a link between essentialist or nonessentialist views of ethnicity/nationality, and the teller's assumed agency over her identity. The study also discusses new possibilities for discursive practices in social media contexts. (Narrative, migration, social media, identity, belonging
Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy) · Essentialism · Ethnic group · Identity (music) · Immigration · Linguistics · Media studies · Narrative · Nationality · Political science · Refugee · Social group · Social identity theory · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Social Media and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |