Identities Identities are meanings applied to persons or other narrated actors in specific contexts. They comprise 2 related aspects: A) the definitio
{"Image DocumentName": "Identities", "Image ImageDescription": "Identities are meanings applied to persons or other narrated actors in specific contexts. They comprise 2 related aspects: A) the definition of the actor(s) B) the characteristics ascribed to the actor(s) Identities are meanings applied to persons or other narrated actors in specific contexts. These contexts are the storylines within which they are embedded. Within any given storyline, a variety of identities can be evoked for the actors. Identities comprise two related aspects: the definition of the actor(s): (e.g. \u2018Tony\u2019, \u2018the former PM\u2019, a \u2018Brit\u2019, \u2018Britain\u2019, \u2018the EU\u2019, \u2018grandpa\u2019, an Anglophone, a Christian, a White, etc.) the characteristics or traits ascribed to the actor(s): (e.g. competent (or not), wise (or not), democratic (or not), legitimate (or not), arrogant (or not), etc.) Identities are relational, such that by evoking one identity, others are also evoked. For example, if I evoke my identity as a female, I simultaneously evoke the gender identity of my interlocutor. Like the episodes, identities evoked can be very fleeting (speaker and listener) or of longer duration, more akin to long-term roles (mother and son). Exactly which identities are evoked within a storyline has important implications for the rights and duties attributed to the actors and for the \u2018rationality\u2019 inherent to the unfolding of the episode. This was illustrated very well in the recent discussion over the meaning actions of the army psychologist in the U.S. who murdered several people. We\u2019ll look at this example more carefully in a moment. The characteristics ascribed to the actor(s) are also tightly interwoven with the rights and duties attributed to the actor. Often they are the consequence of a judgement made about the extent to which the actor has adequately fulfilled his/her duties and/or whether his/her rights have been transgressed.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}