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Questions of Cultural Identity
Stuart Hall
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Description for Questions of Cultural Identity
Paperback. An exploration of the issues surrounding cultural identity. It outlines the reasons why the question of identity is so compelling and yet so problematic. It interrogates different dimensions of the crisis of identity providing both theoretical and substantive insights into different approaches to understanding identity. Editor(s): Hall, Stuart; Du Gay, Paul. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 346.
Why and how do contemporary questions of culture so readily become highly charged questions of identity? The question of cultural identity lies at the heart of current debates in cultural studies and social theory. At issue is whether those identities which defined the social and cultural world of modern societies for so long - distinctive identities of gender, sexuality, race, class and nationality - are in decline, giving rise to new forms of identification and fragmenting the modern individual as a unified subject.
Why and how do contemporary questions of culture so readily become highly charged questions of identity? The question of cultural identity lies at the heart of current debates in cultural studies and social theory. At issue is whether those identities which defined the social and cultural world of modern societies for so long - distinctive identities of gender, sexuality, race, class and nationality - are in decline, giving rise to new forms of identification and fragmenting the modern individual as a unified subject.
Questions of Cultural Identity offers a wide-ranging exploration of this issue. Stuart Hall firstly outlines the ... Read more
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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780803978836
SKU
V9780803978836
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About Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall was born and raised in Jamaica and arrived in Britain on a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford in 1950. In 1958, he left his PhD on Henry James to found the New Left Review, which did much to open a debate about immigration and the politics of identity. Along with Raymond Williams and Richard Hoggart he established the first ... Read more
Reviews for Questions of Cultural Identity
`This impressive and timely collection of essays addresses the significance of cultural identity as social phenomenon and provides an insight into a number of new approaches for unfolding its complexity.... This is not only a collection of some of the most respected thinkers in the social sciences but reveals the variety of paths that can be followed in pursuit of ... Read more