A rehearsed self in repeated narratives? The case of two interviews with a former hooligan  

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Van de Mieroop, Dorien

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Discourse Studies (Full Text) vol. 11 no. 6 (Dec. 2009), page 721.
Topik: big story; group identity; heroic masculine persona; hooligan; identity construction; individuality; interview
Fulltext: Discourse Studies-2009-Van de Mieroop-721-40.pdf (219.22KB)

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This article investigates the identity constructions of a former hooligan in two repeated narratives, obtained through interviews with a time lapse of six years. In both narratives, the interviewee constructs a similar heroic identity and opposes it to other categories such as cowards and followers. However, when relating how he became a hooligan, the interviewee presents himself as a follower. This contradiction with the heroic identity shows his struggle with group membership and that ‘identity work’ is an ongoing process. On the other hand, the striking similarity between the identity constructions in both interviews supports the thesis of a rehearsed self in big stories, but I argue that this is also due to other reasons, namely the role of the same interviewer who co-constructs the interview but who is also an outsider, and the inf luence of previous ‘rehearsals’ of the story, both within the group of hooligans and in real life.

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