Signs of identity : the anatomy of belonging

Signs of identity the anatomy of belonging

This title presents an interdisciplinary introduction to collective identity, using insights from social psychology, anthropology, sociology, and the humanities. It takes the basic concept of semiotics - the sign - as its central notion, and specifies in detail in what ways identity can be seen as a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Ehala, Martin, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, [England] ; New York, New York : Routledge 2018.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Group identity.
Identity (Psychology)
National characteristics.
Semiotics.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • List of illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Overview of the book
  • The core of the argument
  • Our different assumptions
  • Language as a model
  • Essentialism and structuralism
  • Values and ethnocentrism
  • Interpellation
  • Emotional attachment
  • 1. The conceptions of collective identity
  • The foundations of identity research
  • Micro-level approaches
  • Social Identity approach
  • Optimal Distinctiveness theory
  • Social Identity Complexity Theory
  • Macro-level approaches
  • Early macro-level approaches
  • Recent macro-level approaches
  • Two-level approaches
  • Summary
  • 2. The nature of social phenomena
  • Communication
  • The concept of sign
  • Icon, index and symbol
  • Social phenomena as symbols
  • 3. Identity as sign
  • Identity communication
  • The structure of collective identity
  • Identity language
  • Social stratification
  • 4. Identity signals
  • Human diversity
  • Types of signals
  • Inherited features
  • Entrenched features
  • Elected features
  • Categorization
  • Gender and race
  • Ethnicity and nation
  • Boundary permeability
  • 5. Identity meanings
  • Core values
  • Types of core values
  • Stereotypes
  • Ethnocentrism
  • Meta values: unity
  • Meta values: authenticity
  • 6. Identification
  • Personal identification
  • The Self
  • Disidentification
  • Recognition
  • Intersectionality
  • Double identification
  • 7. Identity negotiation
  • Social construction
  • Deconstruction
  • Communication accommodation
  • Grouping and contrasting
  • The power of narrative
  • The Bronze Soldier case
  • 8. Hot and cold identities
  • Collective emotions
  • Fear versus security
  • Hope versus despair
  • Pride versus shame
  • Anger versus guilt
  • Identity fusion
  • Cold groups
  • Hot groups
  • Conflicts in core values
  • 9. Epilogue.
  • What next?
  • The changing world
  • Anatomy of belonging
  • Paradox of liberal multiculturalism
  • Prognosis
  • Index.

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