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Murray, Amy Jo; Durrheim, Kevin and Dixon, John
(2022).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12524
Abstract
Developing work on the nature and consequences of negative intergroup contact, this study explores its potential role in sustaining everyday experiences of dehumanisation; that is, experiences in which participants report feeling deprived of full human status. As a case study, we explore domestic service relations in a neighbourhood of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, analysing interviews (n=22) conducted with Black domestic workers and their families (n=64 participants in total) about their day-to-day interactions with Indian employers. Drawing on thematic analysis of accounts of paid domestic labour and food-sharing practices, we argue that negative contact experiences may cumulatively engender a sense of dehumanization and associated feelings of humiliation: a response marked by intertwined constructions of shame and injustice. Implications for understanding wider problems of intergroup conflict and political solidarity are discussed and avenues for future research proposed.
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- 0144-6665
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Funded Project Name Project ID Funding Body Divide and rule, unite and resist: Intergroup contact and political solidarity amongst members of historically disadvantaged groups (D-12-044-JD) SG121242 British Academy - Academic Unit or School
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling > Psychology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling
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- Open Psychology Research Centre
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- John Dixon