Cultural identity gaps a study of Zadie Smith's novels White teeth (2001) and On beauty (2006)

Tämä pro gradu -tutkielma käsittelee kulttuuri-identiteetin ”rakoja” (eng. Identity gaps) kahdessa Zadie Smithin monikulttuurisessa romaanissa: Valkoiset hampaat (2001) ja Kauneudesta (2006). Identiteettirakojen (identity gaps) käsite on osa erästä viestinnän identiteettiteoriaa (Communication Theor...

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Main Author: Hirvonen, Sarianna
Other Authors: Humanistinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Humanities, Viestintätieteiden laitos, Department of Communication, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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description Tämä pro gradu -tutkielma käsittelee kulttuuri-identiteetin ”rakoja” (eng. Identity gaps) kahdessa Zadie Smithin monikulttuurisessa romaanissa: Valkoiset hampaat (2001) ja Kauneudesta (2006). Identiteettirakojen (identity gaps) käsite on osa erästä viestinnän identiteettiteoriaa (Communication Theory of Identity eli CTI), jonka mukaan identiteetit koostuvat neljästä eri kehyksestä (eng. Identity frames): henkilökohtainen (personal), esitetty (enacted), henkilöidenvälinen (relational) ja yhteisöllinen (communal). Nämä kehykset ovat aina läsnä jokaisessa viestintätilanteessa. Jos tasojen välille syntyy ristiriita, on tuloksena ns. identiteettirako. Tämä tutkimus keskittyy näiden identiteettirakojen kulttuurisiin puoliin. Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena on ottaa selvää, miten kulttuuri-identiteetin eri puolet tulevat ilmi aineistossa, miten tutkimuksen kohteeksi valitut identiteettiraot vaikuttavat henkilöhahmojen viestintään ja ihmissuhteisiin sekä pohtia mahdollisuutta hyödyntää näitä romaaneja opetusmateriaalina kulttuurienvälisessä viestinnässä. Tämä kvalitatiivinen tutkimus hyödyntää tutkimusmetodinaan diskurssianalyysiä ja aineisto analysoidaan deduktiivisesti yllämainitun viestinnän identiteettiteorian avulla. Tämä tutkimus käsittelee aineistosta kolmea eri identiteettirakoa kulttuurisesta näkökulmasta: henkilökohtainen–henkilöidenvälinen, henkilökohtainen–esitetty sekä henkilöidenvälinen–esitetty. Tutkimuksen tuloksista käy ilmi, että nämä kulttuuri-identiteettiraot vaikuttivat eri tavoin henkilöhahmojen ihmissuhteisiin, viestintään sekä siihen, miten identiteettirako saattoi toimia joko positiivisena tai negatiivisena identiteetin lähteenä. Aineistona olleet romaanit havainnollistivat hyvin elävän elämän (kulttuurienvälisiä) ilmiöitä, joten ne soveltuvat siltä osin kulttuurienvälisen viestinnän koulutukseen. Lisäksi tämä tutkimus testaa CTI-teoriaa ensimmäisen kerran fiktiokirjallisuusaineistossa. Tuloksena voidaan todeta, että teoria toimii myös tämänlaisessa aineistossa, joten tämä tutkielma antaa oman panoksensa teorian kehittämisprosessiin sen tähdätessä eteenpäin oppiainerajojen ylittäväksi teoriaksi, mikä on CTI:n tavoitteena. The present study investigates cultural identity gaps in two multicultural novels by Zadie Smith: White Teeth (2001) and On Beauty (2006). The concept of identity gaps is a way of explaining the interpenetration of four identity frames (personal, enacted, relational, and communal) in Communication Theory of Identity (CTI). These frames co-exist in all communication situations, and discrepancy between the frames is called an identity gap. This study concentrates on the cultural aspects of them. The aim of this study is to investigate how different aspects of cultural identity are illustrated in the data, how the chosen identity gaps affect the characters’ communication and relationships, and see if these novels could be used as teaching material in intercultural communication. This qualitative study uses discourse analysis as its research method, and the data is deductively analyzed with the help of CTI. This study investigates three different identity gaps from cultural point of view in the novels: personal–relational, personal–enacted, and relational–enacted. It was revealed that these cultural identity gaps affected in different ways the characters’ relationships, communication, and how an identity gap functioned as either a positive or a negative identity source. As these novels illustrated some real-life (intercultural) phenomena quite well, they could serve as a useful material for, e.g., intercultural trainings or introductory courses in intercultural communication. In addition, this study tests CTI in a new context, and it was noted that it does work also with fictive literature. This notion, and hence this study, adds its own contribution to the development of the theory into a more interdisciplinary tool for analysis, which CTI aims at to be.
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title_full Cultural identity gaps : a study of Zadie Smith's novels White teeth (2001) and On beauty (2006)
title_fullStr Cultural identity gaps : a study of Zadie Smith's novels White teeth (2001) and On beauty (2006) Cultural identity gaps : a study of Zadie Smith's novels White teeth (2001) and On beauty (2006)
title_full_unstemmed Cultural identity gaps : a study of Zadie Smith's novels White teeth (2001) and On beauty (2006) Cultural identity gaps : a study of Zadie Smith's novels White teeth (2001) and On beauty (2006)
title_short Cultural identity gaps
title_sort cultural identity gaps a study of zadie smith s novels white teeth 2001 and on beauty 2006
title_sub a study of Zadie Smith's novels White teeth (2001) and On beauty (2006)
title_txtP Cultural identity gaps : a study of Zadie Smith's novels White teeth (2001) and On beauty (2006)
topic Smith, Zadie kulttuurienvälinen viestintä Master's Degree Programme in Intercultural Communication 3134 kulttuuri-identiteetti identiteetti kaunokirjallisuus viestinnän identiteettiteoria
topic_facet 3134 Master's Degree Programme in Intercultural Communication Smith, Zadie identiteetti kaunokirjallisuus kulttuuri-identiteetti kulttuurienvälinen viestintä viestinnän identiteettiteoria
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