Qualitative narrative study reveals dynamic negotiations of belonging in British-born Greek Cypriot youth, highlighting location and positionality over static identity models.
Key Points
To assess the analytical limitations of traditional identity concepts and propose narratives of location and positionality as an alternative framework for understanding collective belonging.
Theoretical critique of unitary and fragmented identity frameworks.
Qualitative narrative analysis of racial and ethnic experiences among British-born youth of Greek Cypriot descent.
Narratives of location and positionality effectively map how individuals make claims about social standing and boundaries of belonging.
The positionality framework eliminates residual essentialism found in conventional and multiple identity models by grounding identification in dynamic social relations.