"Wouldn't it be better for me to earn my own money and pay taxes?" Liquid racism and the 'ideal' refugee in UK charity representations of migrant stories

Lampropoulou, S ORCID: 0000-0001-9072-1394 and Johnson, P (2024) "Wouldn't it be better for me to earn my own money and pay taxes?" Liquid racism and the 'ideal' refugee in UK charity representations of migrant stories. In: Pragmatics and Beyond New Series. John Benjamins,Amsterdam, pp. 202-224. ISBN 9789027214539, 9027214530

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Abstract

This study concentrates on migrant representations in stories posted on the websites of UK charity organizations. Drawing upon critical discourse analytic and narrative positioning tools, we examine migrant identity navigation in the past and present that, predominantly, leads to the construction of fulfillment identities. We discuss the ways in which these positionings promote an ideal migrant norm that contributes to wider national homogenizing discourses. We view these stories as sites of liquid racism that divide migrants who succeed and are, thus, fulfilled and migrants who are deviant. We interrogate these representations, given that charity organizations are committed to providing social assistance to migrants and refugees, thus aligning with humanitarian and antiracist discourses.

Item Type:	Book Section
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of the Arts
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	08 Feb 2024 10:15
Last Modified:	14 Mar 2024 08:35
DOI:	10.1075/pbns.341.08lam
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3178554