Interpretative Repertoire of Victimhood

Autor: Marta Kempny
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Anthropological Journal of European Cultures. 20:132-151
ISSN: 1755-2931
1755-2923
DOI: 10.3167/ajec.2011.200108
Popis: Based on one year of ethnographic fieldwork, this article discusses the narratives of perceived discrimination and ethnic hatred of Polish migrants in Belfast. Using narrative theory, it examines the construction of identity of Poles as an unprivileged stratum of the Northern Irish society. Migrants' stories are followed by analysis of the contradictions and tensions between what they construct as their realities and 'objective truth'. Subsequently, the article accounts for these tensions by exploring the links between 'cultural repertoires' of Polish migrants and the ways in which their narratives are presented.
Databáze: OpenAIRE