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Narrative Accounts of Origins
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Abstract This article uses a study of the life-story narratives of former classmates of Dutch and Moluccan descent to argue that the constructionist approach to intersectionality, with its account of identity as a narrative construction rather than a practice of n... mehr
This article uses a study of the life-story narratives of former classmates of Dutch and Moluccan descent to argue that the constructionist approach to intersectionality, with its account of identity as a narrative construction rather than a practice of naming, offers better tools for answering questions concerning intersectional identity formation than a more systemic intersectional approach. The case study also highlights the importance of the quest for origins in narratives. It demonstrates that theories of intersectionality are not justified in subsuming the issue of belonging under the identity marker of ethnicity, when all identities are performatively produced in and through narrative enactments that include the precarious achievement of belonging. The case study demonstrates that if narrative accounts of a (singular or collective) life fail to achieve narrative closure regarding roots, attempts to trace routes are seriously hampered.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Gender
Freie Schlagwörter
class; constructionism; Dutch; ethnicity; identity; intersectionality; life stories; Moluccans; roots;
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2006
Seitenangabe
S. 277-290
Zeitschriftentitel
European Journal of Women's Studies, 13 (2006) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506806065757
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)