The Sage Handbook of Identities

Increasingly Identities are the site for interdisciplinary initiatives and identity research is at the heart of many trans-disciplinary research centres in the United Kingdom and North America . No single social science discipline 'owns' identity research which makes it a difficult topic to categorise.The SAGE Handbook of Identities systematises this complex field by incorporating its interdisciplinary character to provide a comprehensive overview of its themes in contemporary research while still acknowledging the historical and philosophical significance of the concept of identity.Drawing on a global scholarship the Handbook has four parts:Part 1: Frameworks presents the main theoretical and methodological perspectives in identities research.Part 2: Formations covers the major formative forces for identities such as culture, globalisation, migratory patterns, biology and so on.Part 3: Categories reviews research on the core social categories which are central to identity such as ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability and social class and intersections between these.Part 4: Sites and Context develops a series of case studies of crucial sites and contexts where identity is at stake such as social movements, relationships and family life, work-places and environments and citizenship.This Volume will be an excellent reference and resource for academics, researches and advanced students in a host of disciplines across the social sciences, including social psychology, cultural studies, anthropology, sociology, geography, politics and social policy.

PART ONE: FRAMEWORKS Subaltern and Post-Colonial Approaches - Saurabh Dube Social Identity Theory - Alex Haslam et al Socio-Cultural Perspectives/Anthropology - Toon van Meijl Psychoanalysis - Stephen Frosh Discourse Analysis - Bethan Benwell and Elizabeth Stokoe Conversation, Narratives and Genealogies Performativity and Queer Theory New Epistemologies - Linda Alcoff Post-Positivist Realist Approaches PART TWO: FORMATIONS Biology/Bodies - Anne Fausto-Sterling Migrations and Nations - Carole Boyce Davies and Monica Jardine Cultures and Technologies - Rolland Munro Neoliberalism - Valerie Walkerdine and Peter Bansel Relational Matrix - Wendy Hollway Race and Racialisation - Michele Elam and Harry Elam Schools and Classrooms - Diane Reay PART THREE: CATEGORIES Ethnicities - Ann Phoenix Sexualities - Cindy Patton Social Classes - Bev Skeggs Genders - Lynne Segal Indigeneities - Aida Hernandez-Castillo Disabilities - Rosemarie Garland-Thomson and Moya Bailey PART FOUR: SITES AND CONTEXTS Social Movements, Identity Politics and New Publics - Manisha Desai Work and Organisations - Gail Lewis Groups, Neighbourhoods and Communities - Katharina Schmid et al Relationships and Family Life - Helen Lucey Religion - Pnina Werbner Consumption and Media - Helen Wood Environments and Citizenship - Bonita Lawrence