Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Part I. The Story of Whence Identity and a Step Toward Theory: 1. Identity: its emergence within sociological psychology -- 2. Sociological psychology and identity theory: a propositional essay -- Part II. So What? Applying and Extending Identity Theory, and Back to Society: 3. Applying identity theory to bodies: gender identity -- 4. Extending identity theory beyond bodies: prenatal and postmortem identities -- 5. Identity in a pluralistic society: some parting words -- Bibliography -- Index