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Title A SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF KINSELLA’S MY (NOT SO) PERFECT LIFE

Author(s) Maimoona Rehman

Abstract This research explores the issues related to social identities with reference to My (not so) Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella. An individual’s identity is a combination of things outside an individual’s control such as the society they belong to, the culture they are brought up in, the peers they interact with, the kind of education they acquire and many such as well as some things that an individual keep on the inside such as their beliefs, values, and such. This research develops a critique Kinsella’s My (not so) Perfect Life and to support the argument, the critique has been grounded in Tajfel and Turner’s Social Identity Theory. It explains what compels an individual to make fake social identities and its consequences. This research is qualitative in nature and has employed textual analysis method. The analysis shows that a person associates self-esteem with the group they identify with and one’s social identity. If that individual finds himself inferior when compared to members in other social groups, then it leads to a lowered self-esteem. Low self-esteem pushes the individual to either leave their social group to enter the one they feel is better for them, which is called ‘exit’ or to raise the level and standing of their existing group so it stands as an equal in comparison to other groups, this is called ‘voice’. This research is also significant as it studies identity from a social perspective that is inclusive of an individual’s sensibilities.

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Language English

Publication Date 2019-10-25

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