caa a22 4500 445301783 CHVBK 20180317142600.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20100301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12124-009-9109-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12124-009-9109-8 Märtsin Mariann Department of Education, University of Bath, BA2 7AY, Bath, UK aut Rupturing Otherness: Becoming Estonian in the Context of Contemporary Britain [Elektronische Daten] [Mariann Märtsin] While identity construction continues to be a widely discussed and researched area in contemporary social sciences, the existing theories have overlooked the importance of understanding why and how identities as semiotic constructions emerge in individuals' consciousness in the flow of their everyday functioning. This article seeks to address this limitation in the theorizing by proposing an alternative conceptualization of identity, according to which identity construction is triggered by rupturing life-experience, which surfaces another perspective and makes the person aware of a possibility to be otherwise or of the reality of being different. Theoretical claims put forward in the paper are drawn from data gathered in a recent study, which explored lived-through experiences of young Estonians, who made study-visits to the United Kingdom. The discussed data will also highlight some interesting aspects in Estonians' self-definition as it is constructed in relation to Eastern-European identity in the context of contemporary Britain. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2009 Identity nationallicence Rupture nationallicence Sense-making nationallicence Dialogue nationallicence Addressivity nationallicence Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science Springer-Verlag 44/1(2010-03-01), 65-81 1932-4502 44:1<65 2010 44 12124 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-009-9109-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-009-9109-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Märtsin Mariann Department of Education, University of Bath, BA2 7AY, Bath, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science Springer-Verlag 44/1(2010-03-01), 65-81 1932-4502 44:1<65 2010 44 12124 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer