TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Locating the Dialogical Self in the Age of Transnational Migrations, Border Crossings and Diasporas
JO  - Culture and psychology
A1  - Ram, Anjali
A1  - Bhatia, Sunil
SP  - 297
EP  - 309
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
N2  - We begin by outlining that the dialogical self may be conceived from the point of view of the self- fuland the self- lessperspectives. Both these perspectives of self-work involve different assumptions about what should be the starting point of the I-position of the dialogical self. These assumptions need to be made explicit because they provide the key to explaining how Ipositions get transformed in the process of entering into a dialogical relationship with the other. Furthermore, we argue that in order to explain how dialogue occurs, and how the I-positions are organized and reorganized by the individual, a developmental framework may be necessary. We believe that the dialogical model is extremely relevant in the age of transnational migration and diasporic cultures. However, the challenge, for the theory of a dialogical self, is to explain how individuals living with hybridized and hyphenated identities in borderland cultures and diasporic communities coordinate their incompatible and often conflicting cultural and personal positions.<p /> 
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SN  - 1354-067X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354067X0173003
ID  - ref1
ER  -