| Description |
viii, 198 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Social theory.
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| Contents |
Introduction : who needs 'identity'? / Stuart Hall -- From pilgrim to tourist, or a short history of identity / Zygmunt Bauman -- Enabling identity? Biology, choice and the new reproductive technologies / Marilyn Strathern -- Culture's in-between / Homi K. Bhabha -- Interrupting identities : Turkey/Europe / Kevin Robins -- Identity and cultural studies : is that all there is? / Lawrence Grossberg -- Music and identity / Simon Frith -- Identity, genealogy, history / Nikolas Rose -- Organizing identity : entrepreneurial governance and public management / Paul du Gay -- The citizen and the man about town / James Donald |
| Summary |
Stuart Hall firstly outlines the reasons why the question of identity is so compelling and yet so problematic. The cast of outstanding contributors then interrogate different dimensions of the crisis of identity; in so doing, they provide both theoretical and substantive insights into different approaches to understanding identity |
| Analysis |
Culture |
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Culture |
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Culture |
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Culture |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Critical theory. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84709838
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| Subject |
Critical theory.
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Culture.
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Group identity.
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Identity (Psychology)
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Personality and culture.
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Sociology -- Philosophy.
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| Author |
Du Gay, Paul.
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Hall, Stuart
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| LC no. |
96067699 |
| ISBN |
0803978820 (cased) |
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0803978839 (paperback) |
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