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It is natural for people to make the distinction between in-group (Us) and out-group members (Others). What is it that brings people together, or keeps them apart? Ethnicity, nationality, professional expertise or life style? And, above all, what is the role of language in commu…
Identity: sociological perspectives
"Questions about who we are, who we can be, and who is like and unlike us underpin a vast range of contemporary social issues. What makes our families so important to us? What do the often stark differences between how we self-identify and the way others see and define us reveal…
Lawler examines debates surrounding identity, and shows how identity is part of the fabric of society, and integral to social relations. The book includes all the core topics covered by courses in this field and uses rich and varied contemporary empirical examples to illustrate …
"This book explores the notion of establishing an identity online, managing it like a brand, and using it with particular members of a community"--
"This book explores the notion of establishing an identity online, managing it like a brand, and using it with particular members of a community"--
"This book explores the notion of establishing an identity online, managing it like a brand, and using it with particular members of a community"--Provided by publisher.
The Routledge Handbook of Identity Studies offers an exceptionally clear overview of the analysis of identity in the social sciences, and in so doing seeks to develop a new agenda for identity-studies in the twenty-first century. The key theories of identity, ranging from classi…
The Routledge Handbook of Identity Studies offers an exceptionally clear overview of the analysis of identity in the social sciences, and in so doing seeks to develop a new agenda for identity-studies in the twenty-first century. The key theories of identity, ranging from classi…
The Routledge Handbook of Identity Studies offers an exceptionally clear overview of the analysis of identity in the social sciences, and in so doing seeks to develop a new agenda for identity-studies in the twenty-first century. The key theories of identity, ranging from classi…
This volume applies theoretical principles, along with related aspects of Schwartz's model and the work of other significant memory theorists, to a number of case studies from ancient Jewish and early Christian history. The contributors to the present volume ask three questions …