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Narrative accounts of Origins: a blind spot in the intersectional approach?

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Narrative accounts of Origins: a blind spot in the intersectional approach?

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This article uses a study of the life-story narratives of former classmates of Dutch and Moluccan descent to argue that the constructionist approach to intersectionality, with its account of identity as a narrative construction rather than a practice of naming, offers better tools for answering questions concerning
intersectional identity formation than a more systemic intersectional approach.
The case study also highlights the importance of the quest for origins in narratives. It demonstrates that theories of intersectionality are not justified in subsuming
the issue of belonging under the identity marker of ethnicity, when all identities are performatively produced in and through narrative enactments that include the precarious achievement of belonging. The case study demonstrates that if narrative accounts of a (singular or collective) life fail to achieve narrative closure regarding roots, attempts to trace routes are seriously hampered.

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OrganisatieDe Haagse Hogeschool
AfdelingFaculteit Sociaal Werk & Educatie
LectoraatLectoraat Burgerschap en Diversiteit
Gepubliceerd inEuropean Journal of Women's Studies Sage, Vol. 13, Uitgave: 3, Pagina's: 277-290
Jaar2006
TypeArtikel
TaalEngels

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