| Description |
xx, 228 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: identities, bodies and differences -- Challenges: complexities, diversity, self-worth -- Histories: beliefs, diasporas, belongings -- Experiences: realities, psychologies, discourse -- Differences: feminisms, enemies, equalities -- Genders: desires, self-rejection, recognition -- Explorations: 'race', violence, shame -- Transformations: masculinities, choices, futures -- Conflicts: complexity, cultures, youth -- Rejections: shame, fear, hatred -- Postmodernities: individualisms, performances, sexualities -- Spaces: virtual worlds, technologies, globalisation -- Conclusion: embodied identities: experience, power, differences and social theory |
| Summary |
In the 1970s and 1980s, identities seemed to be 'fixed' through categories of class, 'race', ethnicity, gender, sexualities and religion. These days we have begun to recognise the diversity, fragmentation and fluidity of identities, but how do we create and shape our own? The book shapes a new language of social theory that allows people to embody their differences with a sense of dignity and self-worth. It draws on diverse traditions from Marx, Weber and Durkheim, as well as more recent traditions of critical theory and post-structuralism |
| Analysis |
Group identity |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-219) and index |
| Subject |
Group identity.
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Identity (Philosophical concept)
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Identity (Psychology)
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Identity (Psychology) -- Social aspects.
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Self -- Social aspects.
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Self-perception.
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| LC no. |
2011410814 |
| ISBN |
1847423817 |
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9781847423818 (paperback) |
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9781847423825 (hbk.) |
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