Identity and Difference

1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-7619-5434-7
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 631 g

Reihe: Culture, Media and Identities series

`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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Woodward, Kathryn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Physische Anthropologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Woodward, Kathryn
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