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E219 week 10 -Identity READING B ((Hynie et al., 2006) (first gen…
E219 week 10 -Identity READING B
: Maolalaidh, M. N. and Stevenson, C. (2014) ‘National identity in a foreign context: Irish women accounting for their children’s national identity in England’, Discourse & Society, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 245–62.
Irish women- children raised abroad!!!
Billig (1995) on the ‘banal’ nature of nationalism argues that the nation has its ideological hold on the populace by virtue of its largely unnoticed presence in our lives.
so everyday national identity seaps into us
Reicher and Hopkins (2001) . . . national leaders draw on the many historic, cultural, political, eco- nomic and psychological aspects of the nation to create a vision of nation in their public rhetoric
message is driven home by leaders
Condor (1996, 2000)
reckons in conversation we play down English national identity we are so not associated with extreme racists and xenophobes (banal)
(Kiely et al., 2001
conversely, Scots are proud to proclaim their scottishness !! (hot)
proactive choice and self-determination
adolescents (Stevenson and Muldoon, 2010) and students (Joyce et al., 2013)
Republic of Ireland- a given, absorbed through everything around in fact,
Active assertions of Irishness are treated by these participants as unusual, pathological or inauthentic displays of Irishness.
(banal)
conversely N. Ireland (where nationalism is quite contested) Adolescents actively profess Irishness. (hot)
(Hynie et al., 2006)
first gen immigrants diff experience to 2nd gen
1st gen- have identity from home nation and have to 'find their place' assimilate into host country and it's ways, wwhilst maintaining original nationality
2nd gen- born there so any of the absorption is that (plus parental influence)
can cause tensions. eg Asian children socialising like brits and parents disapprove
US - ‘cultural gap’ between generations (Dugsin, 2001; Ying and Chao, 1996
).
immigrant
mothers
are often understood as being responsible for the
trans- mission of national identity
to the next generation (Gray and Ryan, 1998) and more generally as keepers of traditional culture (Mosse, 1985; Thapar-Björkert and Ryan, 2002).
text
points to the pivotal role of banal nationalism in sustaining and transmit- ting national identity in an unnoticed way in one’s home nation.
Ireland & England Despite links and the shared population, the historic colonial past has created opposition between Irish and English national identity (Tovey and Share, 2003). This poses a challenge for Irish diaspora in terms of maintaining and transmitting an Irish national identity to avoid acquiring an English national identity.
Women were interviewed in their homes using an open-ended semi-structured schedule which covered various aspects of their experience in England, including their perceptions of the identities of their own children. All interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim using the transcription system of Gail Jefferson for conversational analysis (Jefferson, 2004),
16 mothers
24 and 45 years of age and had children of diverse ages.
moved to England in 1970s or 80s . Interviews were between '92-'94
my thoughts- time consuming and only a small pool- little standardisation either due to ages of women- do we even know what age they moved over- if v young themselves maybe no prior 'irishness' absorbed and ingrained???
Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)???? (Wetherell and Edley, 1999) was then employed to analyse the discursive repertoires used by the women
appreciates limited due ti study size etc
‘dominant repertoire’ (normatively appropriate way of talking)
Their stereotypical Irish physical features indicate that their Irishness is ‘out-there’ (Potter, 1996). In other words, this aspect of Irishness is assumed to be factual rather than simply a personal opinion.
Kiely et al. (2005) claimed that in Britain there is a distinction between ‘state identity’ and ‘national identity’. The former refers to civic identity, being legally British, while national identity alludes to ancestry, such as being English, Scottish or Welsh.
there is an
implied outgroup
that is being evoked here by using anti-Irish discourse: ‘it’s a good thing to be Irish’ (extract 4, line 5).
Ní Maolalaidh and Stevenson 253
early 1990s when there was political unrest in Northern Ireland and bombing by the IRA in London.
Anti-Irish discourse was dominant during this time
(cf. Hickman and Walter, 1997). Thus, a likely concern for Irish women was that negative perceptions of Irishness would inhibit their children in choosing to be Irish.
I think todays asylum seekers and refugees face similar prejudice- tarring with same brush
The key finding emerging from the data is that mothers talk differently about their children’s identity depending on their age. Women with young children adopt a proactive transmission approach on behalf of their children. Those with older children encounter conflict and are forced to be passive.