Wealth of selves
Subtitle: multiple identities, mestiza consciousness, and the subject of politics
By: Edwina Barvosa.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Rio Grande/Río Bravo -- no. 14
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781603440691
Subjects: Pluralism (Social sciences) -- Political aspects; Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Political aspects; Pluralism (Social sciences) -- Psychological aspects; Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity
Other titles: Multiple identities, mestiza consciousness, and the subject of politics
Description: "All of us have multiple identities. Yet, as Edwina Barvosa argues, we are not always aware of the influence of our multiplicity on our selves or on political life. Wealth of Selves explores the everyday character and political consequences of multiple identities, blending insights from various disciplines to forge an overarching theoretical framework for understanding multiple identities in political context. Through this original framework, Barvosa analyzes the shape and politics of multiple identities in terms of identity contradictions, the intersections among identities, and the political potential that lies within practices she refers to as selfcraft." "This reconsideration of the self promises to reshape our thinking on issues such as immigrant incorporation, national identity, political participation, the socially constructed sources of the will and political critique, and the longevity of racial and gender conflicts." "With its accessible style and rich cross-pollination among disciplines, Wealth of Selves will reward readers in political science, philosophy, race, ethnic, and American studies, as well as in borderlands, sexuality, and gender studies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Multiple identities and immigrant political loyalty: replies to the question, Who are we?; title: Mestiza consciousness and intersectionality: toward an interdisciplinary framework of multiple identities; title: Identity contradiction in creative and critical thought: the case of Nazi J; title: The two-tiered cohesion of decentered subjectivity: a herdsman's maps and the politics of disordered contradiction; title: Ambivalence and life projects: love, politics, and self-integration in Casablanca; title: Selfcraft: love and politics in the self-integration of multiple identities; title: Conclusions: racial akrasia, selfcraft, and the defragmentation of self and society.