Copy the page URI to the clipboard
Taylor, Stephanie
(2005).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1191/0967550705ab029oa
Abstract
This article employs a narrative and discursive approach to investigate contemporary identities of place and meanings of place for identity. Transcribed interview extracts are analysed to illustrate how speakers discursively construct a place of residence and a new residential identity, and how this identity work in relation to place conforms to the individualized contemporary identities discussed by Rose, Walkerdine and others. A construction of a place of residence in terms of opportunity enables a speaker to take up a residential identity corresponding to a 'choosing self' and also to present her life course in terms of choices she has made. A claim to a new residential identity can offer an alternative positioning, for example, for people positioned outside the conventional born-and-bred narrative. However, this claim to a more individualized and agentic identity of place is not necessarily unproblematic, and presents particular issues for women speakers.
Viewing alternatives
Metrics
Public Attention
Altmetrics from AltmetricNumber of Citations
Citations from Dimensions- Published Version (PDF) This file is not available for public download
Item Actions
Export
About
- Item ORO ID
- 4641
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 0967-5507
- Academic Unit or School
-
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling > Psychology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) - Copyright Holders
- © 2005 Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd
- Depositing User
- Users 13 not found.