"I'm Not an Immigrant!": Resistance, Redefinition, and the Role of Resources in Identity Work

Autor/inn/en	Killian, Caitlin; Johnson, Cathryn
Titel	"I'm Not an Immigrant!": Resistance, Redefinition, and the Role of Resources in Identity Work
Quelle	In: Social Psychology Quarterly, 69 (2006) 1, S.60-80 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0190-2725
DOI	10.1177/019027250606900105
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Immigrants; Muslims; Females; Identification (Psychology); Self Concept; Social Class; Public Opinion; Algeria; France; Morocco; Tunisia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Muslim; Muslimin; Weibliches Geschlecht; Selbstkonzept; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Öffentliche Meinung; Algerien; Frankreich; Marokko; Tunesien
Abstract	In this paper we examine the identity negotiation processes of North African immigrant women in France. Participants engaged in various forms of identity work, including selective association and management of appearance, as well as resisting others' attempts to categorize them as immigrants. Given that these women have chosen to move to France and remain there, this finding is surprising. Using the concept of the Not-Me identity, we explore how people can redefine and refuse labels that seem to be self-evident and to lack room for negotiation. At the same time, we examine how class and educational resources and other structural factors influence these immigrant women's ability to control others' perceptions of their identity. (Contains 17 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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