Harris, C., Jackson, L., Piekut, A. et al. (1 more author) (2016) Attitudes towards the ‘stranger’: negotiating encounters with difference in the UK and Poland. Social and Cultural Geography. pp. 1-18. ISSN 1464-9365
Abstract
Due to recent intensification in international mobility in Europe, its citizens are exposed to a much wider range of lifestyles and competing attitudes towards difference. Individuals are, therefore, increasingly likely to encounter ‘strangers’ and are, therefore, required to negotiate discontinuities and contradictions between the values that are transmitted through different sites. In response, the article explores the concept of the ‘stranger’ through original data collected in the UK and Poland. The article highlights that the construction of who is a stranger depends on national historical contexts, core values and related visions of the society. The UK and Poland have very different histories and experiences with social diversity, impacting on the ways in which individuals negotiate strange encounters. In both countries, the ‘stranger’ is often seen in a negative way and in relation to the minority groups that are perceived to be visibly different, distinct or ‘unknown’ in contemporary times. In Poland, this is now largely articulated through sexual prejudice (homophobia), whilst in the UK, attitudes towards the ‘stranger’ are largely conveyed through religious prejudice (Islamophobia). As such, the article offers a means of understanding how encounters with difference ‘produce’ strangers in different contexts.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Taylor & Francis. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Social and Cultural Geography. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Attitudes; stranger; Islamophobia; homophobia; UK; Poland; attitudes; étranger; Islamophobie; Royaume-Uni; Pologne; actitudes; desconocido; Islamofobia; homofobia; Reino Unido; Polonia |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 11 Mar 2016 09:53 |
Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2017 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2016.1139165 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14649365.2016.1139165 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:96299 |