Identity and Culture: Narratives of Difference and Belonging

von Weedon

192 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

- 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 ideologiesThis 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.

• Reihe: Issues in Cultural and Media S
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften Sitten und Gebräuche
• ISBN: 9780335200863
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2004
• Größe: 227 x 169 mm
• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company