Embodying identities : culture, differences and social theory /
In the 1970s and 80s, identities seemed to be 'fixed' or 'socially constructed' through categories of class, 'race', ethnicity, gender, sexualities and religion as they were passed from one generation to the next. These days we are much more able to choose who we want t...
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Bristol, UK ; Portland, Or. :
Policy Press,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: identities, bodies and differences
- Challenges: complexities, diversity, self-worth
- Histories: beliefs, diasporas, belongings
- Experiences: realities, psychologies, discourse
- Differences: feminisms, enemies, equalities
- Genders: desires, self-rejection, recognition
- Explorations: 'race', violence, shame
- Transformations: masculinities, choices, futures
- Conflicts: complexity, cultures, youth
- Rejections: shame, fear, hatred
- Postmodernities: individualisms, performances, sexualities
- Spaces: virtual worlds, technologies, globalisation
- Conclusion: embodied identities: experience, power, differences and social theory.