Wealth of selves : multiple identities, mestiza consciousness, and the subject of politics / / Edwina Barvosa

• Autore: Barvosa Edwina
• Pubblicazione: College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.868/07301
• Soggetto topico: Cultural pluralism - Political aspects; Identity (Philosophical concept) - Political aspects; Cultural pluralism - Psychological aspects; Hispanic Americans - Ethnic identity
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-280) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Multiple identities and immigrant political loyalty: replies to the question, Who are we? -- Mestiza consciousness and intersectionality: toward an interdisciplinary framework of multiple identities -- Identity contradiction in creative and critical thought: the case of Nazi J -- The two-tiered cohesion of decentered subjectivity: a herdsman's maps and the politics of disordered contradiction -- Ambivalence and life projects: love, politics, and self-integration in Casablanca -- Selfcraft: love and politics in the self-integration of multiple identities -- Conclusions: racial akrasia, selfcraft, and the defragmentation of self and society.
• Sommario/riassunto: Many of us have multiple identities, says Edwina Barvosa. We may view ourselves according to ethnicity, marital or family roles, political affiliation, sexuality, or any of several other "identities" we may use to organize our behavior and self-understanding at any given time. Various domains have offered nuggets of insight regarding the characteristics and political implications of seeing the self as made up of multiple identities, but many questions remain. In Wealth of Selves, Edwina Barvosa constructs an ambitious interdisciplinary blend of these insights and crafts them into an overarching theoretical framework for understanding multiple identities in terms of intersectionality, identity contradiction, and the political potential that lies within the practices of self-integration. Grounded in Gloria Anzaldua's concept of mestiza consciousness as well as in Western political thought, this reconsideration of the self promises to reshape our thinking on issues such as immigrant incorporation, national identity, political participation, the socially constructed sources of will and political critique, and the longevity of racial and gender conflicts. With its accessible style and rich cross-pollination among disciplines, Wealth of Selves will reward readers in political science, philosophy, race, ethnic, and American studies, as well as in borderlands, sexuality, and gender studies.
• Altri titoli varianti: Multiple identities, mestiza consciousness, and the subject of politics
• Titolo autorizzato: Wealth of selves
• ISBN: 1-299-05407-2; 1-60344-402-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910963494503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Rio Grande/Rio Bravo ; ; no. 14.