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Publication details [#64833]

Catedral, Lydia. 2018. Discursive scaling: Moral stability and neoliberal dominance in the narratives of transnational migrant women. Discourse & Society 29 (1) : 23–42.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

agency | discourse analysis | migration | narrative | women's language

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper uses the concept of scaling as agentive discursive practice to assay the construction of moral positionings by migrant (Uzbek) women (in the U.S.). These women are capable of warranting their choices and point out the firmness of their own morality.