Alert:

Limited Availability of Full-Text Documents. Click here for more information, or here to request the return of a PDF online.

EJ977479 - The Politics of Fear and Empathy: Emotional Ambivalence in "Host" Children and Youth Discourses about Migrants in Cyprus

Help

Tutorial

Help |

Tutorial

Help |

Tutorial

Help With This Page

Back to Search Results Help Permalink Share this record

More Info:
Help 0 items in My Clipboard | Add record to My Clipboard

Record Details

Full-Text Availability Options:

More Info:
Help | Tutorial Help Finding Full Text | More Info:
Help Find in a Library | Publisher's website

Related Items: Show Related Items

Click on any of the links below to perform a new search
ERIC #:	EJ977479
Title:	The Politics of Fear and Empathy: Emotional Ambivalence in "Host" Children and Youth Discourses about Migrants in Cyprus
Authors:	Zembylas, Michalinos
Descriptors:	Multicultural Education; Foreign Countries; Fear; Empathy; Migrants; Politics; Discourse Analysis; Emotional Response; Interviews; Ethnic Groups; Children; Youth; Peer Relationship; Intercultural Communication; Classification; Student Attitudes
Source:	Intercultural Education, v23 n3 p195-208 2012
More Info: Help Peer Reviewed:	Yes
Publisher:	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Publication Date:	2012-00-00
Pages:	14
Pub Types:	Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Abstract:	This article looks at the emotion discourses among 30 Greek-Cypriot children and youth interviewees when they describe their feelings about migrants in Cyprus. It looks at how migrant representations and narratives are highly emotional constructions that children and youth utilize to make sense of their views about how migrants are different or similar to themselves. In particular, the article focuses on the simultaneous contradictory positions and feelings of fear and empathy. Two important implications for intercultural education are discussed. First, it is suggested that it is valuable to acknowledge that the emotion work required from "host" children and youth in their interactions with migrants should not be taken for granted. Second, rather than painting a "negative" or "positive" image of children and youth's responses to migrants--which categorizes children and youth in simplistic ways--it might be more productive to examine how their emotions are linked to ambivalent discourses and inform actions in negotiating the presence of the other and one's sense of belonging. (Contains 1 note.)
Abstractor:	As Provided
Reference Count:	49

Note:	N/A
Identifiers:	Cyprus
Record Type:	Journal
Level:	N/A
Institutions:	N/A
Sponsors:	N/A
ISBN:	N/A
ISSN:	ISSN-1467-5986
Audiences:	N/A
Languages:	English
Education Level:	N/A
Direct Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14675986.2012.701426

Back to Search Results