- Where does our sense of identity and belonging come from?
- How does culture produce and challenge identities?
Identity and Culture looks at how different cultural narratives and practices work to constitute identity for individuals and groups in multi-ethnic, ‘postcolonial’ societies. - Uses examples from history, politics, fiction and the visual to examine the social power relations that create subject positions and forms of identity
- Analyses how cultural texts and practices offer new forms of identity and agency that subvert dominant ideologies
This book encompasses issues of class, race, and gender, with a particular focus on the mobilization of forms of ethnic identity in societies still governed by racism. It a key text for students in cultural studies, sociology of culture, literary studies, history, race and ethnicity studies, media and film studies, and gender studies.
- How does culture produce and challenge identities?
Identity and Culture looks at how different cultural narratives and practices work to constitute identity for individuals and groups in multi-ethnic, ‘postcolonial’ societies. - Uses examples from history, politics, fiction and the visual to examine the social power relations that create subject positions and forms of identity
- Analyses how cultural texts and practices offer new forms of identity and agency that subvert dominant ideologies
This book encompasses issues of class, race, and gender, with a particular focus on the mobilization of forms of ethnic identity in societies still governed by racism. It a key text for students in cultural studies, sociology of culture, literary studies, history, race and ethnicity studies, media and film studies, and gender studies.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780335200863
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-335-20086-3
- Verlag: Emmanuel Joseph
- Erscheinungstermin: 16.07.2004
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2004
- Serie: Issues in Cultural and Media S
- Produktform: Kartoniert
- Gewicht: 307 g
- Seiten: 192
- Format (B x H x T): 169 x 227 x 14 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt