Social Identity

Social Identity
ISBN-10
1134326939
ISBN-13
9781134326938
Series
Social Identity
Category
Social Science
Pages
232
Language
English
Published
2004-08-02
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Richard Jenkins

Description

Without social identity there is no human world. Without frameworks of similarity and difference, people would be unable to relate to each other in a consistent and meaningful fashion. In the second edition of this highly successful text, Richard Jenkins develops his argument that identity is both individual and collective, and should therefore be considered within one analytic framework. Using the work of major social theorists, such as Mead Goffman and Barthes, to explore the experience of identity in everyday life, Jenkins considers a range of different issues, including: * embodiment, * categorization and boundaries * the institutionalizing of identities * identity and modernity.nd the significance of identity in modernity.

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