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Publication details [#35460]

Widdicombe, Sue and Rob Wooffitt. 1990. 'Being' versus 'doing' punk: On achieving authenticity as a member. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 9 (4) : 257–277.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

comparison1 | identity negotiation | language use | subculture

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

ISBN

0261-927X

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper deals with the language of social comparisons, used to obtain authenticity for the subcultural group and the self as a member. It also discusses the description of members' motivations for joining as a recurrent device for emphasizing authenticity.