Naslov
Transgenerational transmission of collective victimhood through a Developmental Intergroup Framework: The lasting power of group narratives of suffering

Autori
Taylor, Laura ; Štambuk, Marina ; Čorkalo Biruški, Dinka ; O’Driscoll, Dean

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
The Social Psychology of Collective Victimhood

Urednik/ci
Vollhard Ray , Johanna

Izdavač
Oxford University Press

Grad
Oxford

Godina
2020

Raspon stranica
37-55

ISBN
9780190875190

Ključne riječi
collective victimhood ; transgenerational transmission ; developmental intergroup framework ; Vukovar ; Northern Ireland

Sažetak
When a peace accord is finally signed, one of the long-term challenges to peacebuilding is navigating perceptions of collective victimhood. These perceptions are shaped by group narratives of shared traumas and interpretations of history that are passed down across generations. Using a developmental intergroup framework (Abrams & Killen, 2014), this chapter examines how young people, born after the height of interethnic violence, develop and adhere to the narratives of collective victimhood in divided, post-conflict societies. Focusing on family ethnic socialization (Hughes et al, 2006 ; Štambuk et al., 2018), we first explore how parents and other family members, both directly and indirectly, transmit narratives of collective suffering at the hands of the outgroup. We also examine developmental provocation, or the ways in which children seek out and reconstruct their own narratives of collective victimhood. Complementing other chapters addressing broader socio-cultural contexts (see Ferguson & Halliday, this volume ; Hopkins & Dobai, this volume ; Perez & Salter, this volume), we consider the role of the family in shaping perceptions of collective victimhood in a post- accord generation, and the implications that has on their intergroup attitudes and behaviors. Two empirical examples illustrate this theoretical contribution: Vukovar, Croatia, a divided city devastated during the war following the dissolution of the Former Yugoslavia, and Northern Ireland, a setting of protracted intergroup conflict with persistent annual spikes in tension. Both settings had peace accords signed in the mid-1990s, yet continue to be divided along ethno-political lines.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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