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Identity development of college students : advancing frameworks for multiple dimensions of identity / Susan R. Jones, Elisa S. Abes ; foreword by Marcia B. Baxter Magolda.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Susan R., 1955-
- Series:
- Jossey-Bass higher education
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational sociology.
- Education, Higher.
- Identity (Psychology) in youth.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book describes contemporary perspectives on the identity development of college students in the U.S. with an emphasis on multiple social identities. The book traces the evolution of the study of identity in relation to contemporary research and theoretical frameworks. These contemporary perspectives are situated within a holistic description of identity that portrays identity as the intersection of context, personal characteristics, and social identities. It explores the nature of context, including inequitable power structures, and how context influences and is influenced by multiple
- Contents:
- Situating ourselves in the study of identity
- Situating the study of identity in the evolution of student development theories
- Multiple social identities and intersecting identities
- Model of multiple dimensions of identity
- Reconceptualized model of multiple dimensions of identity
- Critical theoretical frameworks and multiple identities
- Intersectionality
- Critical race theory, with Stephen John Quaye
- Queer theory, with David Kasch
- Educational applications and future directions
- Application of the models in educational contexts
- Future directions: considering theoretical perspectives in conjunction with one another
- Final interludes.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher;.
- ISBN:
- 9781118482285
- 111848228X
- 9781118482308
- 1118482301
- 9781299190023
- 1299190022
- OCLC:
- 828299048
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