A Streetcar Named Desire unfolds the tragedy of a southern lady.The conflict betwixt southern Blanche and northern Stanley is the main contradiction in the play.In the end,Stanley drives Blanche crazy and sends her to...A Streetcar Named Desire unfolds the tragedy of a southern lady.The conflict betwixt southern Blanche and northern Stanley is the main contradiction in the play.In the end,Stanley drives Blanche crazy and sends her to an asylum.This paper attempts to analyze Blanche’s identity crisis from identity negotiation theory in cross-cultural communication,including identity security,identity inclusion,and identity predictability.Thereby it figures out that one who suffers hostile gazes from others in a strange environment,is unable to carry out an intimate and effective communication,which will eventually lead to a sense of loss and despair.This paper puts forward the methods to obtain identity recognition:be honest with others,be sure of oneself,and try one’s best to fit in the new environment,aiming to help people avoid identity crisis in interpersonal communication and establish a positive identity.展开更多
In this article I aim to highlight the question how to negotiate and reconstruct new identities among previously perpetuator groups in the trauma zones by looking at a specific case example,Bosnia-Herzegovina(BiH)and ...In this article I aim to highlight the question how to negotiate and reconstruct new identities among previously perpetuator groups in the trauma zones by looking at a specific case example,Bosnia-Herzegovina(BiH)and Bosnian Serbs.After the end of the Bosnian war(1992-1995)through Dayton Peace Accord,Bosnian Serbs have been started to be classified as the perpetuator group of the war.However,both Bosniaks,the main victim ethnic group of the war,and Bosnian Serbs have also started to draw the borders of Serbness into different boundaries,such as moral and religious ones.In this study I employed the method of(online)in-depth interviewing with my Bosniak and Bosnian Serb participants to underline and display which components and experiences have been shaping Bosnian Serbness since the end of the war.After the analysis of my interviews,one could argue that burden of guilt and burden of loss might have caused re-imagination of Bosnian Serbness as today’s victims.Furthermore,according to the main pattern I detected among the testimonies of my participants,one could also argue that exclusion of Bosnian Serbs due to their ethnicity from everyday tasks or rituals makes their another supreme identity much more visible:they are Christian Orthodoxies of Bosnia now.展开更多
Myths about“the Chinese learner”developed from an outsider perspective abound in the Western world.The focus of this article,however,is how discourses of Chineseness were used by the Chinese international students t...Myths about“the Chinese learner”developed from an outsider perspective abound in the Western world.The focus of this article,however,is how discourses of Chineseness were used by the Chinese international students themselves who,as undergraduate students in a New Zealand university,were the subjects of my doctoral research.It examines the students’notions of Chineseness and how these served in explaining their own narratives,either through identifying with,or distancing themselves from,“Chinese”traits,indicating alternatively a shared experience of the challenges of the new academic culture,or marking themselves out as having a special ability to thrive within it.Whichever way they used them,the discourses seemed to serve a purpose of fortifying their sense of identity and membership.By the end of their study,they were able to reflect carefully on their experiences and discuss new third space identities in which both Chinese and New Zealand values were forging new realities for them.展开更多
文摘A Streetcar Named Desire unfolds the tragedy of a southern lady.The conflict betwixt southern Blanche and northern Stanley is the main contradiction in the play.In the end,Stanley drives Blanche crazy and sends her to an asylum.This paper attempts to analyze Blanche’s identity crisis from identity negotiation theory in cross-cultural communication,including identity security,identity inclusion,and identity predictability.Thereby it figures out that one who suffers hostile gazes from others in a strange environment,is unable to carry out an intimate and effective communication,which will eventually lead to a sense of loss and despair.This paper puts forward the methods to obtain identity recognition:be honest with others,be sure of oneself,and try one’s best to fit in the new environment,aiming to help people avoid identity crisis in interpersonal communication and establish a positive identity.
文摘In this article I aim to highlight the question how to negotiate and reconstruct new identities among previously perpetuator groups in the trauma zones by looking at a specific case example,Bosnia-Herzegovina(BiH)and Bosnian Serbs.After the end of the Bosnian war(1992-1995)through Dayton Peace Accord,Bosnian Serbs have been started to be classified as the perpetuator group of the war.However,both Bosniaks,the main victim ethnic group of the war,and Bosnian Serbs have also started to draw the borders of Serbness into different boundaries,such as moral and religious ones.In this study I employed the method of(online)in-depth interviewing with my Bosniak and Bosnian Serb participants to underline and display which components and experiences have been shaping Bosnian Serbness since the end of the war.After the analysis of my interviews,one could argue that burden of guilt and burden of loss might have caused re-imagination of Bosnian Serbness as today’s victims.Furthermore,according to the main pattern I detected among the testimonies of my participants,one could also argue that exclusion of Bosnian Serbs due to their ethnicity from everyday tasks or rituals makes their another supreme identity much more visible:they are Christian Orthodoxies of Bosnia now.
文摘Myths about“the Chinese learner”developed from an outsider perspective abound in the Western world.The focus of this article,however,is how discourses of Chineseness were used by the Chinese international students themselves who,as undergraduate students in a New Zealand university,were the subjects of my doctoral research.It examines the students’notions of Chineseness and how these served in explaining their own narratives,either through identifying with,or distancing themselves from,“Chinese”traits,indicating alternatively a shared experience of the challenges of the new academic culture,or marking themselves out as having a special ability to thrive within it.Whichever way they used them,the discourses seemed to serve a purpose of fortifying their sense of identity and membership.By the end of their study,they were able to reflect carefully on their experiences and discuss new third space identities in which both Chinese and New Zealand values were forging new realities for them.