Austin2007
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Austin2007 |
Author(s) | Helena Austin, Richard Fitzgerald |
Title | Resisting categorisation: an ordinary mother |
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Tag(s) | Membership Categorization |
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Year | 2007 |
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Journal | Australian Review of Applied Linguistics |
Volume | 30 |
Number | 3 |
Pages | 36.1–36.13 |
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DOI | 10.2104/aral0736 |
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Abstract
In this paper we use membership category analysis to examine the way an interviewee utilises category work in order to resist the possible accusation of being a bad mother and instead posit her mothering as ordinary. Through our analysis we explore the interactional work of ascribing and resisting categorisation organised through claims and counter-claims making procedures routinely grounded in descriptions and accounts, and embedded in shifts between individual and categorial actions.
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