Abstract
The current study investigates how asylum-seeking African women use talk about emotion to construct empowered roles for themselves. A discourse analysis was conducted on interviews with African asylum-seeking women. Participants used two interacting repertoires, ‘rejecting pity’ and ‘being strong’, to resist inferior positions. By constructing themselves as strong and not needing pity, participants positioned themselves as in control of their lives, and thus presented as responsible and capable mothers, a role they are accountable for. Clinical implications and findings for future research are discussed
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 83-95 |
| Journal | Journal of International Women's Studies |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2014 |
Bibliographical note
This article is published in an open access journal and this item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Mass. at http://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol15/iss1/6/Keywords
- African
- Asylum-Seeker
- Emotions
- Strong
- Women
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Helen Liebling
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