Description
Book Synopsis`The book is easy to use and its layout demonstrates some skill in constructing volumes that `work' as study guides and reference tools. The merit of this book goes well beyond its suitability for course applications. Contemporary ideas on identity provide new meanings for an old concept' -
Multilingual and MulticulturalIn recent years, identity and difference have been the focus of key debates in cultural studies. This broad-ranging book examines the challenge of these debates and outlines their applications to central questions of gender, sexuality, embodiment, health, `race' and nation.
The text renders accessible some of the most exciting and controversial issues in recent cultural studies. It combines theoretical explanation with in-depth discussion of key areas of contested identities, together with activities and selected readings.
Trade Review
`The book is easy to use and its layout demonstrates some skill in constructing volumes that `work′ as study guides and reference tools. The merit of this book goes well beyond its suitability for course applications. Contemporary ideas on identity provide new meanings for an old concept′ - Multilingual and Multicultural
Table of Contents
Introduction - Kathryn Woodward Concepts of Difference and Identity - Kathryn Woodward The Body and Difference - Chris Shilling The Body, Health and Eating Disorders - Susan Benson Sexualities - Lynne Segal Motherhood - Kathryn Woodward Identities, Meanings and Myths Diaspora and the Detours of Identity - Paul Gilroy
