Abstract
Abstract
We present a case study of a small talk sequence in a Belgian workplace between two female colleagues with a
migration background, in which they share stories with each other on racial micro-aggressions they personally experienced. We draw
on the social practice approach and focus on the narrators’ identity work in this interaction. We found that the narrators
construct stories in which powerless and outgroup identities are projected upon them in the storyworld, but by means of which more
empowered identities and an ingroup with the interlocutor are talked into being in the storytelling world. Interestingly, these
findings can be linked to the rejection-identification dynamic. This social psychological model shows that individuals who
experienced discrimination are able to buffer negative consequences to their psychological well-being by identifying with the
group that is discriminated against. This article adds to this earlier research by showing the crucial role of language, in
particular of storytelling and small talk, in this rejection-identification dynamic.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Subject
Literature and Literary Theory,Social Sciences (miscellaneous),History,Education
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2 articles.
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