Study of the Formation of Embodied Identity of Women in the Nineties with a Discourse Psychology Approach

Mahdikhani, Mina; Soltani, Seyed Ali Asgar; Eskandari, Hossein

doi:10.22059/jwica.2022.330546.1687

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Phd candidate,Department of Linguistic,Qom Branch,Islamic Azad University,Qom, Iran

² Associate Professor, Faculty of Foreign Language and Intercultural Studies, Baqir al-Olum University,Qom, Iran

³ Full professor ,Department of General and Clinical Psychology, Allameh, Tabataba, i University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jwica.2022.330546.1687

Abstract

Abstract
Identity is classically assumed a crucial part of one’s psychological state that guides how we behave and how we fit into society. Identity in discursive psychology is a dynamic construction which is attained through social interaction and discourse. The latter has definite role in construction of embodied identity. This paper shows the possibility of discursive psychology for understanding embodiment and identities in different research setting. Then, a second goal is to challenge the boundaries of embodiment and the limits of a Cartesian Model of bodies and identities. Discursive psychology is an analytic and theoretical approach to discourse, which focuses on speech and writing, believing that psychological phenomena should be understood in social contexts. This study is a qualitative method of data analysis. The interviewees are ten female bloggers between the age of twenty to thirty, from homogeneous areas in Tehran. The data are collected through blogger's interviews and live broadcasts on Instagram. The results demonstrate that the embodied identity are formed through every day and simple practices and that human physics plays a crucial role in the construction of embodied identity. It has also emphasized the significance of subject-object construction in identity work and the consequences of this discursive constructions that blur the boundary between self (subject) and bodies (object). Blurring this boundary could at times decrease the agency of the speaker, where physical or bodily processes are oriented as beyond the conscious or active control of the individual.

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Study of the Formation of Embodied Identity of Women in the Nineties with a Discourse Psychology Approach

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Volume 14, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
March 2022
Pages 73-95

Study of the Formation of Embodied Identity of Women in the Nineties with a Discourse Psychology Approach

References

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Volume 14, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1March 2022Pages 73-95

Volume 14, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
March 2022
Pages 73-95