Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-213) and index.
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Part I. Theories of identity : Identity, individualism, individualization: three versions of the self / with Charles Lemert -- The theory of new individualism -- Identity weakened?: The reinvention of imagination in the age of globalization -- Experimental worlds: on posthuman identity -- Part II. Practices of identity : Accelerated identity: five theses on the self / with Eric L. Hsu -- Drastic plastic: identity in the age of makeover -- New global elites: on the new individualist arts of escape -- Digital lives miniaturized mobilities and identity -- DIY self-design: experimentation across global airports / with David Radford.