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Three strategies for doing narrative resistance: Navigating between master narratives.
Yael Hochman1, Gabriela Spector-Mersel1
1School of Social Work, Sapir Academic College, Sderot, Israel.
The British Journal of Social Psychology
|April 2, 2020
Summary
Individuals can resist cultural narratives through diverse strategies, blending personal stories with societal ones. This study explores how former Yamit residents navigated master narratives, revealing complex personal and cultural identity interactions.
Area of Science:
- Social Psychology
- Narrative Psychology
- Cultural Studies
Background:
- Cultural narratives significantly shape individual identities.
- Limited research exists on how individuals resist cultural narratives and navigate between different master narratives.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate diverse forms of narrative resistance.
- To examine the navigation between different master narratives in personal storytelling.
Main Methods:
- Holistic narrative analysis of personal stories from former residents of Yamit.
- Examination of strategies for resisting the episodic master narrative of Yamit.
Main Results:
- Identified three resistance strategies: explicit debate, implicit debate, and neutralization.
- Demonstrated that resistance involves balancing 'my/our story' with 'the story about us'.
- Found resistance to the Yamit narrative intertwined with appropriation of the Zionist foundational narrative.
Conclusions:
- Narrative resistance is multifaceted, involving both compliance and resistance to different master narratives.
- Offers a nuanced understanding of counter-narratives and their complex relationship with personal stories and culture.
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