The discursive negotiation of adolescents' identities

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dc.contributor.advisorBoyes, Michael C.
dc.contributor.authorGalperyn, Kasia H. (Kasia Helena)
dc.date.accessioned2005-07-29T22:15:56Z
dc.date.available2005-07-29T22:15:56Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 108-112.en
dc.description.abstractContemporary psychological models of a person's identity draw upon the Western conception of a person who is an autonomous, self­bounded individual, a center of multiple inputs, able to master and control her or his environment. Identity has been reified into an entity that could be mapped out and neatly categorized into hierarchical invariant stages. The approach adopted in the present research rejected this realist and essentialist view of identity, and instead, conceptualized identity as discursively produced and actively negotiated by speakers in everyday conversations. To understand the ways in which identity might be constructed, maintained or resisted in everyday talk, the project examined the discursive practices in which speakers engaged. The project involved seven focus groups of young women and men ranging in age from 18 to 23. Each focus group consisted of two to four people in a group. There were in total twenty participants (twelve women and eight men). They were high school and university students and were both heterosexual and homosexual. The project illustrates the discursive analyses of the actual audiotaped discussions that emerged during the sessions. The most common discourses in which the young people located themselves were: love and sex discourse, relationships, family and career and being gay or being straight. Discursive analyses of the speakers' talk showed how people negotiated their selves with others. Their self-constructions were organized strategically in the situated contexts at hand. These constructions were multiple and varied depending on the rhetorical context and function of talk. People variously drew on contradictory themes in order to make themselves socially accountable to the researcher and their peers. The project also addressed the social, moral and political implications of the discursive turn to identity.
dc.format.extentviii, 116 leaves ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationGalperyn, K. H. (1995). The discursive negotiation of adolescents' identities (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17758en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/17758
dc.identifier.isbn0612031926en
dc.identifier.lccBF 724.3 I3 G35 1995en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/29921
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subject.lccBF 724.3 I3 G35 1995en
dc.subject.lcshIdentity (Psychology) in adolescence
dc.subject.lcshConversation analysis
dc.subject.lcshAdolescent psychology
dc.titleThe discursive negotiation of adolescents' identities
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineClinical Psychology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 973 520538283
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