The integration of Iraqis in two European cities: Emotions and identity work |
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| Institution: | 1. The University of Northampton, Park Campus, Boughton Green Road, Northampton NN2 7AW, United Kingdom;2. The University of East London, Stratford Campus, Water Lane, London E15 4LZ, United Kingdom;1. Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France;2. Hôpital Henri Mondor, AP-HP, Université Paris Est Créteil, Créteil, France;3. Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France;1. University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210076, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA;2. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA;1. School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand;2. SHORE/Whariki Research Centre, Massey University, P.O. Box 6137, Wellesley Street, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | In this study of Iraqi refugees in Helsinki and Rome, we explore the verbal construction of identity as evidence of the process of integration into a new society. We make use of Snow and Anderson's idea of “identity work” and link it to McCall's idea of “not-me.” The data for this paper derive from a larger comparative study conducted by the second author. They are based on the findings from forty-eight open-ended, semi-structured interviews, half conducted in each city. We argue that despite differences between the two locales regarding such things as the respective welfare regimes and relations with natives, the identity work required for refugees to reinscribe and reconstruct their sense of self was remarkably similar. |
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| Keywords: | Emotion Identity work Immigrants Integration Transnationalism |
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