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Self, Identity, and Social Institutions /

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This book shows how the individual constructs a self from the thousands of colloquial identities provided by a society's culture, and reveals how the individual actualizes and sustains an integrated and stable self while navigating the sometimes treacherous waters of everyday institutional life...

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Main Authors: Mackinnon, Neil J. (Author), Heise, David R. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Sociology of Culture.
Sociology, general.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Equality.
Religion and culture.
Social sciences.
Social structure.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book shows how the individual constructs a self from the thousands of colloquial identities provided by a society's culture, and reveals how the individual actualizes and sustains an integrated and stable self while navigating the sometimes treacherous waters of everyday institutional life.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (278 pages)
ISBN:9780230108493
DOI:10.1057/9780230108493