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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812698203321

Autore

Jenkins Richard <1952-, >

Titolo

Social identity / / Richard Jenkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

9781134586691 (electronic book)

1-134-58676-0

1-315-88710-X

1-134-58669-8

Edizione

[4th edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Key Ideas

Classificazione

SOC002010SOC026000

Disciplina

305

Soggetti

Group identity

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Identity matters; 2 Similarity and difference; 3 A sign of the times?; 4 Understanding identification; 5 Selfhood and mind; 6 Embodied selves; 7 Entering the human world; 8 Self-image and public image; 9 Groups and categories; 10 Beyond boundaries; 11 Symbolising belonging; 12 Uncertainty and predictability; 13 Institutionalising identification; 14 Organising identification; 15 Categorisation and consequences; 16 Identity and modernity revisited; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

"Social Identity explains how identification, seen as a social process, works: individually, interactionally and institutionally. Building on the international success of previous editions, this fourth edition offers a concise, comprehensive and readable critical introduction to social science theories of identity for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates. All the chapters have been updated, and extra new material has been added where relevant, integrating the most recent critical publications in the field. As with the earlier editions, the emphasis is on sociology, anthropology and social psychology; on the interplay between relationships of similarity and difference; on interaction; on the categorisation of others as well as self-identification; and on power, institutions and organisations. Written in



clear, accessible language, and informed by relevant topical examples throughout, this fully updated new edition will be useful for students interested in social identity throughout the social sciences and humanities"--

"The fourth edition of Social Identity builds on the international success of previous editions, offering a concise, comprehensive and readable critical introduction to social science theories of identity for advance undergraduates and postgraduates"--