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Discourses, subject positions, and practical ideologies: constructing identities in social interaction
Zábrodská, Kateřina
Critical discursive psychology (CDP) conceptualizes identity as performative, contradictory, fluid, socially constituted, emotionally invested and intertwined with power relations. Identity is viewed as a process that is both local and global (Edley, 2001), i.e. dependent on a specific interactional context of its production, as well as on more global patterns of what is culturally intelligible. Based on author’s research on gender identity among young, heterosexual Czech women and men, the paper demonstrates how CDP can be applied to examine identity performances in social interactions. The author pays particular attention to CDP’s three main analytical concepts: discourses, subject positions and practical ideologies. Finally, implications of CDP in relation to subject’s individuality and agency are reflected.
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