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Identity

Identity. Identity is made up of core aspects of selfhood--who you are; Stable and fixed; Or Fragmented and in flux; Identities are stable features that exist prior to a particular situation and Are dynamic and situated accomplishments, enacted through talk.

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Identity

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  1. Identity • Identity is made up of core aspects of selfhood--who you are; • Stable and fixed; Or • Fragmented and in flux; • Identities are stable features that exist prior to a particular situation and • Are dynamic and situated accomplishments, enacted through talk. • Identities are social categories and • Are personal and unique.

  2. Conceptualizing Identities[from Tracy, 2002] Stable/preexisting MASTER (e.g., gender, age) PERSONAL (e.g., attitude, personality) social personal RELATIONAL (e.g., equal, unequal) INTERACTIONAL (e.g., employee, friend) Dynamic/situated

  3. MASTER IDENTITIES • Aspects of personhood that are presumed to be relatively stable and unchanging: • GENDER • ETHNICITY • AGE • NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORIGINS Next page

  4. MASTER IDENTITIES • Master identities do not change from situation to situation; • Master identities do not change over time and across cultures; • They are relatively stable;

  5. INTERACTIONAL IDENTITIES • Specific roles people take on in a particular context with regard to specific others; • A FRIEND • AN EMPLOYEE • COLLEGE STUDENT • HOSPITAL VOLUNTEER • SON • HUSBAND Next page

  6. INTERACTIONAL IDENTITIES& MASTER IDENTITIES • Interactional identities are distinct from master identities, but they may be associated; • For instance, being male is associated with being an engineer and being female is associated with being a nurse;

  7. PERSONAL IDENTITIES • Personality, attitudes, & character; • Personal identities are thought as relatively stable and unique; • In contrast to master and interactional identities, personal identities are frequently contested;

  8. RELATIONAL IDENTITIES • The kind of relationship a person enacts with a particular conversational partner in a specific situation; • ARE THE PEOPLE EQUAL • NEAR EQUAL • IS ONE PARTY SUPERIOR • FRIENDLY OR HOSTILE • DISTANT OR CLOSE • TRUSTING OR WARY • Relational identities are enacted from moment to moment and are highly variable;

  9. References Tracy, K. (2002). Everyday talk: Building and reflecting identities. New York: the Guilford Press.

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