Theorizing identities and social action
By: editor, Margaret Wetherell.
Contributors: Wetherell, Margaret, 1954-
Series: Identity studies in the social sciences
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780230580886
Subjects: Group identity; Social interaction
Description: "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"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: The Identity/Action Relation; M.WetherellPART I: BIOGRAPHIES AND PERSONAL TRAJECTORIESPractices, Identification and Identity Change in the Transition to Motherhood; H.Elliott, Y.Gunaratnam, W.Hollway & A.PhoenixBiography, Education and Civic Action: Teaching Generations and Social Change; title: J.Martin with J.Kirk, C.Wall & S.Jefferys Performing Identities: Participatory Theatre Among Refugees; N.Yuval-Davis & E.KaptaniTales of Two or Many Worlds? When Street Kids go Global; G.Jones & S.T.De BenitezPART II: INTERATCIONS AND INSTITUTIONSAccomplishing Social Action with Identity Categories: Mediating and Policing Neighbour Disputes; E.Stokoe & D.EdwardsPassing as a Transsexual Woman in the Gender Identity Clinic;&nbsp; title: S. SpeerIdentity at Home: Offering Everyday Choices to People with Intellectual Impairment; C.Antaki, M.Finlay& C.WaltonPART III: COMMUNITIES, CITIES AND NATIONSIdentity Making for Action: The Example of London Citizens; J.WillsResidential Segregation and Intergroup Contact: Consequences for Intergroup Relations, Social Capital and Social Identity; title: K.Schmid, M. Hewstone, J.Hughes, R.Jenkins & E.CairnsCrossing Thresholds: Acculturation and Social Capital in British Asian Children; C.Watters, R.Hossain, R.Brown & A.RutlandIdentity, Social Action and Public Space: Defining Civic Space in Belfast; S.Connolly & D.BryanDefining Common Goals without Speaking the Same Language: Social Identity and Social Action in Wales; A.Livingstone, R.Spears, A.Manstead & M.Bruder.