Identity and Culture: Narratives of Difference and Belonging

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-335-20086-3
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 307 g

Reihe: Issues in Cultural and Media S

- Where does our sense of identity and belonging come from?
- How does culture produce and challenge identities?
Identity and Culture looks at how different cultural narratives and practices work to constitute identity for individuals and groups in multi-ethnic, ‘postcolonial’ societies. - Uses examples from history, politics, fiction and the visual to examine the social power relations that create subject positions and forms of identity
- Analyses how cultural texts and practices offer new forms of identity and agency that subvert dominant ideologies
This book encompasses issues of class, race, and gender, with a particular focus on the mobilization of forms of ethnic identity in societies still governed by racism. It a key text for students in cultural studies, sociology of culture, literary studies, history, race and ethnicity studies, media and film studies, and gender studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weedon

Weedon, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Introduction
Subjectivity and Identity
History, Nation and Identity
History, Voice and Representation: Aboriginal Women's Life Writing

Narratives of Identity and Difference: Voicing Black British History

Identity, Origins and Roots

Diasporic Identities: South Asian British Women's Writing

Visualizing Difference: South Asians on Screen

Competing Cultures, Competing Values
Concluding Reflections
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index