Analysing identity [[electronic resource] ] : cross-cultural, societal, and clinical contexts / / edited by Peter Weinreich & Wendy Saunderson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457572003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003
• ISBN: 1-134-42521-X; 1-280-25650-8; 9786610256501; 0-203-98880-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (413 p.)
• Classificazione: 77.52
• Altri autori (Persone): WeinreichPeter; SaundersonWendy <1963->
• Disciplina: 155.2
• Soggetti: Identity (Psychology) - Social aspects; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Identity structure analysis ; Identity exploration : theory into practice / Peter Weinreich -- Basic primordialism in ethnic and national identity / Peter Weinreich, Viera Bacova and Nathalie Rougier -- Complex patterns of cultural allegiances : the ethnic identity of Palestinian Christian Arab adolescents in Israel / Gabriel Horenczyk and Salim Munayer -- Grounding the discursive self : a case study in ISA and discursive psychology / Karyn Stapleton and John Wilson -- Complex identities : the case of academic women / Maaret Wager -- The city, gender, and identity / Wendy Saunderson -- Adults returning to education : gender and identity processes / Helen Irvine -- Enterprising identities : gender and family influences / Anita Macnabb -- Identity formulation and reformulation in clinical assessment and therapy / Paul D.G. Harris -- Anorexia nervosa : analysing identity for predisposing, precipitating and perpetuating factors / Wendy Saunderson and Maria O'Kane -- An exploration of counselling identity in counsellors who deal with trauma / Selwyn Black and Peter Weinreich -- Coda / Peter Weinreich.
• Sommario/riassunto: People's identities are addressed and brought into being by interaction ; with others. Identity processes encompass biographical experiences, historical eras and cultural norms in which the self's autonomy varies according to the flux of power relationships with others.Identity Structure Analysis (ISA) draws upon psychological, sociological and social anthropological theory and evidence to formulate a system of concepts that help explain the notion of identity. They can be applied to the practical investigations of identity structure and identity development in a number of clinical, so