Theorizing Identities and Social Action (Identity Studies in the Social Sciences)

✍ Scribed by Margaret Wetherell

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Leaves: 284
Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This collection brings together leading scholars to explore the doing and making of identities. Drawing on the highly innovative ESRC Identities and Social Action Programme, the chapters take core social actions such as performing, excluding, mixing, bonding and demonstrate how social practices and identities unfold together.

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