Questions of cultural identity / edited by Stuart Hall and Paul du Gay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hall, Stuart.

Du Gay, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture.

Identity (Psychology).

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Critical theory.

Physical Description:

viii, 198 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 1996.

Summary:

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 reasons why the question of identity is so compelling and yet so problematic. The cast of

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0803978820

0803978839

OCLC:

34670078