Questions of cultural identity

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 m...

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Hauptverfasser: Hall, Stuart, Du Gay, Paul
Format: E-Book Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London Sage 1996
SAGE Publications Ltd
Sage Publications
Ausgabe:1st edition.
Schlagworte:
Bureaucracy
Contemporary culture
Critical theory
Cultural identity
Cultural sociology
Cultural Studies (general)
Cultural values
Culture
Europe
Group identity
Identity
Identity (Psychology)
Interdisciplinary approach
Modernization
Music
National identity
Organizational change
Psychology
Self & Identity
Social change
Sociology
Türkiye
Türkiye
Europe
ISBN:9780803978836, 9780803978829, 0803978839, 0803978820
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Zusammenfassung: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
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN:9780803978836
9780803978829
0803978839
0803978820
DOI:10.4135/9781446221907