Identity enactment as collective accomplishment: Religious identity enactment at home and at a festival.
identity enactment
mass gatherings
shared identity
social identity
Journal
The British journal of social psychology
ISSN: 2044-8309
Titre abrégé: Br J Soc Psychol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8105534
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2021
Apr 2021
Historique:
revised:
26
06
2020
received:
10
10
2019
pubmed:
29
8
2020
medline:
26
10
2021
entrez:
29
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Much research addresses the proposition that identifying with a group shapes individuals' behaviour. Typically, such research employs experimental or survey methods, measuring or manipulating social identification and relating this to various outcome variables. Although shedding much light on the processes involved in the identity-behaviour relationship, such research tends to overlook the various constraints that limit individuals' abilities to act in accordance with their identities. Using interview data gathered in north India, we explore the factors affecting the enactment of a religious identity. More specifically, using data gathered at a religious mass gathering, we compare and contrast participants' reports of identity enactment when they are at the event and when they are in their home villages. These two contexts differ in terms of their social organization, especially the degree to which they are marked by the presence of a shared identity. Exploring participants' accounts of such differences in social organization, we consider the social processes that constrain or facilitate identity enactment. In so doing, our analysis contributes to a richer analysis of the identity-behaviour relationship.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
678-699Subventions
Organisme : ESRC
ID : RES-062-23-1449
Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. British Journal of Social Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Psychological Society.
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