ISBN:
9781443836012
,
144383601X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 158 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Crafting identities, remapping nationalities
DDC:
305.8
Keywords:
Identity (Psychology) Social aspects
;
Group identity
;
Communities
;
Multiculturalism
;
National characteristics
;
Identity (Psychology) Social aspects
;
Group identity
;
Multiculturalism
;
National characteristics
;
Communities
;
Identity (Psychology) Social aspects
;
History
;
Literary studies: post-colonial literature
;
Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Ethnic Studies ; General
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
Communities
;
Group identity
;
Identity (Psychology) ; Social aspects
;
Multiculturalism
;
National characteristics
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
In the different versions of multiculturalism that have re-shaped English-speaking societies and political systems, identities appear more plastic than in societies which have constructed their national narratives on more stubborn denials of their colonial and patriarchal pasts; yet, the myth of purity (or authenticity) and separatist temptations remain very real parameters of identity politics. In such contexts, crafting an identity for oneself implies expectations of consistency, linked not
Abstract:
TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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