A Question of Identity

ISBN-13: 9781138608856 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 302 str.

Anne J. Kershen

Opis

Published in 1998, this book breaks new ground by drawing together eminent academics from a variety of disciplines including; anthropology, history, law, linguistics, politics, psychology and sociology, to examine the way in which issues of identity have impacted on society and the way in which changes in society have resulted in a re-evaluation of identity.

Recenzje

’...provides interesting material for those studying first and second generation migration issues.’ Ethnic Conflict ’...informative and offers new and interesting material to debates on identity.’ Ethnic and Racial Studies

Spis treści

1. Being Born Lost? The Cultural and Institutional Dimensions of Welsh Identity, Wayne Parsons.  2. The Northern Irish Identity, Karen Trew.  3. ‘A Good Jew or a Good Englishman?’ : The Jewish Lads’ Brigade and Anglo-Jewish Identity, Sharman Kadish.  4. Issues of Identity Through the Synagogue: British Jewish Woman in the late Twentieth Century, Marlena Schmool.  5. Paths and Pitfalls in the Exploration of British Bangladeshi Identity, Rod Chalmers.  6. The Search for Wholeness: The Construction of National and Islamic Identities among British Bangladeshis, John Eade.  7. Identity, Age and Masculinity amongst Bengali Elders in East London, Katy Gardner.  8. Caribbean Identities and the British Context: Creolisation as a Common Framework.  9. German Identity After Reunification, Eberhard Bort.  10. Immigration, European Integration and the Representation of Migrant Interests, Andrew Geddes.  11. A Concept of European Union Citizenship: Problems and Possibilities, Jo Shaw.  12. Political Identities and Social Struggle in Africa, Graham Harrison.   13. Bilingualism and the Construction of a New ‘American’ Identity, Chris Julios.

O autorze

Anne J. Kershen