constructing and assigning identity in a culture of modernity /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Michael Wintle.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Rodopi,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (281 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Studia imagologica ;
Volume Designation
11
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Proceedings of a conference held Sept. 2000 at the University of Hull.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Acknowledgements; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; INTRODUCTORY; IMMIGRATION AND RACE; NATIONAL AND REGIONAL IDENTITY; GENDER; TEXT AND IDENTITY; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The pervading theme of this book is the construction and allocation of identity, especially through images and imagery. The essays analyse how the dominant social discourses and imageries construct identity or assign subject positions in relation to the categories of race, nation, region, gender and language. The volume is designed to inform the study of those categories in cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, gender studies, literary studies, philosophy and history. Its coverage is geographically global, multidisciplinary, and theoretically eclectic, but also accessible. The authors inc.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Image into identity.
International Standard Book Number
9042020644
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Group identity, Congresses.
Identity (Psychology)-- Social aspects, Congresses.