Identity and Difference
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1997
SAGE Publications Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7619-5434-7 (ISBN)
SAGE Publications Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7619-5434-7 (ISBN)
This text outlines the challenge presented by key debates on identity to central questions of gender, sexuality, embodiment, health, "race" and nation. It includes discussion of the importance of identity and difference in the contemporary world at multiple levels - global, local and personal.
`The book is easy to use and its layout demonstrates some skill in constructing volumes that `work′ as study guides and reference tools. The merit of this book goes well beyond its suitability for course applications. Contemporary ideas on identity provide new meanings for an old concept′ - Multilingual and Multicultural
In recent years, identity and difference have been the focus of key debates in cultural studies. This broad-ranging book examines the challenge of these debates and outlines their applications to central questions of gender, sexuality, embodiment, health, `race′ and nation.
The text renders accessible some of the most exciting and controversial issues in recent cultural studies. It combines theoretical explanation with in-depth discussion of key areas of contested identities, together with activities and selected readings.
`The book is easy to use and its layout demonstrates some skill in constructing volumes that `work′ as study guides and reference tools. The merit of this book goes well beyond its suitability for course applications. Contemporary ideas on identity provide new meanings for an old concept′ - Multilingual and Multicultural
In recent years, identity and difference have been the focus of key debates in cultural studies. This broad-ranging book examines the challenge of these debates and outlines their applications to central questions of gender, sexuality, embodiment, health, `race′ and nation.
The text renders accessible some of the most exciting and controversial issues in recent cultural studies. It combines theoretical explanation with in-depth discussion of key areas of contested identities, together with activities and selected readings.
Kathryn Woodward is a Regional Staff Tutor for Sociology for The Open University CONTRIBUTORS Susan Benson University of Cambridge Paul Gilroy Goldsmiths College University of London Lynne Segal Middlesex University Chris Shilling University of Portsmouth
Introduction - Kathryn Woodward
Concepts of Difference and Identity - Kathryn Woodward
The Body and Difference - Chris Shilling
The Body, Health and Eating Disorders - Susan Benson
Sexualities - Lynne Segal
Motherhood - Kathryn Woodward
Identities, Meanings and Myths
Diaspora and the Detours of Identity - Paul Gilroy
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.3.1997 |
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Reihe/Serie | Culture, Media and Identities series |
Verlagsort | Thousand Oaks |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 189 x 246 mm |
Gewicht | 710 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7619-5434-1 / 0761954341 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7619-5434-7 / 9780761954347 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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