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“This is similar to Vincent Chin”: Intertextuality, referring expressions, and the discursive construction of Asian American activist identities in an online messaging community
Discourse & Society ( IF 2.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-10 , DOI: 10.1177/0957926520961632
Naomee-Minh Nguyen 1
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While the linguistic practices of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities have become more widely documented, little is known about how AAPIs discursively create shared political identities, let alone political identities online. In this study, I examine an online messaging community dedicated to AAPI political organizing. Focusing on the discourse of four highly active members of the community, I analyze stance-taking, their uses of what have been called “referring terms” or “referring expressions”, and the intertextual references they make. I show how users establish group values through stance-taking and in-group membership through using specific referring expressions, co-constructing the community’s identity as a marginalized political group. Through intertextual references, users index shared knowledge of cultural texts regarding AAPI activism and political organizing, such as references to recent and past hate crimes, current news, and AAPI non-profit organizations. I demonstrate how these intertextual references reinforce Becker’s notion that social groups’ identities lie in a shared collection of “prior texts.” Furthermore, I contend that the use of intertextual references aligns the community with the political implications and connotations of the references themselves. Through mutual recognition and understanding of shared texts, members create an online community that transcends ethnic and regional boundaries.

中文翻译:

“这类似于 Vincent Chin”:在线消息社区中亚裔美国活动家身份的互文性、指称表达和话语建构

虽然亚裔美国太平洋岛民 (AAPI) 社区的语言实践已经得到更广泛的记录,但人们对 AAPI 如何通过话语创造共享政治身份知之甚少,更不用说在线政治身份了。在这项研究中,我考察了一个致力于 AAPI 政治组织的在线消息传递社区。关注社区中四个非常活跃的成员的话语,我分析了立场、他们对所谓的“引用术语”或“引用表达”的使用,以及他们所做的互文引用。我展示了用户如何通过立场和群体成员身份通过使用特定的引用表达来建立群体价值观,共同构建社区作为边缘化政治群体的身份。通过互文引用,用户索引有关 AAPI 激进主义和政治组织的文化文本的共享知识,例如对最近和过去仇恨犯罪、当前新闻和 AAPI 非营利组织的引用。我展示了这些互文参考如何强化贝克尔的观点,即社会群体的身份存在于共享的“先前文本”集合中。此外,我认为互文引用的使用使社区与引用本身的政治含义和内涵保持一致。通过对共享文本的相互认可和理解,成员创建了一个超越种族和地区界限的在线社区。我展示了这些互文参考如何强化贝克尔的观点,即社会群体的身份存在于共享的“先前文本”集合中。此外,我认为互文引用的使用使社区与引用本身的政治含义和内涵保持一致。通过对共享文本的相互认可和理解,成员创建了一个超越种族和地区界限的在线社区。我展示了这些互文参考如何强化贝克尔的观点,即社会群体的身份存在于共享的“先前文本”集合中。此外,我认为互文引用的使用使社区与引用本身的政治含义和内涵保持一致。通过对共享文本的相互认可和理解,成员创建了一个超越种族和地区界限的在线社区。
更新日期:2020-10-10
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