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Social Identity » Read Now
by Richard Jenkins. 219 pgs.

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Without social identity there is no human world. Without frameworks of similarity and difference, people would be unable to relate to each other in a consistent and meaningful fashion. In the second edition of this highly successful text, Richard Jenkins develops his argument that identity is both...
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Without social identity there is no human world. Without frameworks of similarity and difference, people would be unable to relate to each other in a consistent and meaningful fashion. In the second edition of this highly successful text, Richard Jenkins develops his argument that identity is both individual and collective, and should therefore be considered within one analytic framework. Using the work of major social theorists, such as Mead Goffman and Barthes, to explore the experience of identity in everyday life, Jenkins considers a range of different issues, including: * embodiment * categorization and boundaries * the institutionalizing of identities * identity and modernity. Written in an open and student-friendly style throughout, this multidisciplinary text has been thoroughly revised and updated, and is essential reading for all students interested in the concept of identity in the contemporary world.
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Social Identities: Multidisciplinary Approaches » Read Now
by Steve Spencer, Gary Taylor. 262 pgs.

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Social Identities: Multidisciplinary Approaches attempts to make sense of the increasingly complex ways in which we define ourselves and others. It recognises that we are not simply individuals, or members of a certain class or a certain nationality. Rather, each of us comprises a rich blend of...
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Social Identities: Multidisciplinary Approaches attempts to make sense of the increasingly complex ways in which we define ourselves and others. It recognises that we are not simply individuals, or members of a certain class or a certain nationality. Rather, each of us comprises a rich blend of various identities. The book provides not only an eclectic spectrum of the forms of identity and influences through which identities are formed, but also critical treatment of the theoretical tools used to understand these phenomena.
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Self and Social Identity, in Annual Review of Psychology » Read Now
by Naomi Ellemers, Russell Spears, Bertjan Doosje. 26 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Self and social identity *. by Naomi Ellemers...groups to which people belong. From a social identity perspective we argue that group commitment...taxonomy how these issues...
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The Psychology of the Social Self (Chap. 1 "Social Identity, Personality, and the Self-Concept: A Self-Categorization Perspective" and Chap. 5 "Implicit and Explicit Personal and Social Identity: Toward a More Complete Understanding of the Social Self") » Read Now
by Tom R. Tyler, Roderick M. Kramer, Oliver P. John. 280 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...the European development of social identity theory suggested a very different...to other groups. According to social identity theory, such relative judgments...other...
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Self Studies: The Psychology of Self and Identity (Chap. 4 "The Transvaluation of Social Identity") » Read Now
by Karl E. Scheibe. 222 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

In this far-ranging study, Scheibe seeks an understanding of the self and personal identity. In doing so, he focuses on the various relationships of the self in social environments. He examines the major historical perspectives on the self, the process or processes of socialization, memory, and...
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In this far-ranging study, Scheibe seeks an understanding of the self and personal identity. In doing so, he focuses on the various relationships of the self in social environments. He examines the major historical perspectives on the self, the process or processes of socialization, memory, and identity, and the psychology of national identity.
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Language and Social Identity » Read Now
by Richard K. Blot, Charles L. Briggs. 298 pgs.

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Whenever we open our mouths to speak, we provide those who hear us, chosen interlocuters or mere bystanders, with a wealth of data, linguistic clues others use to position us within a specific social strata. Our particular uses of language mark us geographically, ethnically, by age or sex, and...
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Whenever we open our mouths to speak, we provide those who hear us, chosen interlocuters or mere bystanders, with a wealth of data, linguistic clues others use to position us within a specific social strata. Our particular uses of language mark us geographically, ethnically, by age or sex, and, especially in stratified societies, according to class or caste. This collection of papers by researchers in cultural and linguistic anthropology examine these concepts as well as many others.
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Composing Social Identity in Written Language » Read Now
by Donald L. Rubin. 256 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Composing Social Identity in Written Language Composing Social Identity in Written Language Edited by Donald L. Rubin...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Composing...
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Mundane Consumption and the Self: A Social-Identity Perspective, in Journal of Consumer Psychology » Read Now
by Robert E. Kleine III, Susan Schultz Kleine, Jerome B. Kernan. 28 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Consumption and the Self: A Social-Identity Perspective Robert E. Kleine...used by consumer psychologists--social-identity theory. Two structural modeling...used in...
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Predictors of Feminist Social Identity among College Women, in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research » Read Now
by Larissa Myaskovsky, Michele Andrisin Wittig. 23 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Predictors of feminist social identity among college women. by...combine in an emergent feminist social identity. The long range goal of our...their development of a...
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The Relationship Between Gender Social Identity and Support for Feminism, in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research » Read Now
by Shawn Meghan Burn, Roger Aboud, Carey Moyles. 8 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Relationship Between Gender Social Identity and Support for Feminism...This study is an application of social identity theory to feminist consciousness...Giles, 1978)...
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Social Identity, Modern Sexism, and Perceptions of Personal and Group Discrimination by Women and Men, in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research » Read Now
by James E. Cameron. 24 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Social identity, modern sexism, and perceptions of personal...are predicted by the joint effects of social identity and modern sexism. PERCEPTIONS OF...social change. From...
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Why We Evaluate: Functions of Attitudes (Chap. 2 "The Social Identity Function in Person Perception: Communicated Meanings of Product Preferences") » Read Now
by Gregory R. Maio, James M. Olson. 470 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Benefits 1 2 The Social-Identity Function in Person Perception...Nelson provide evidence that the social identity function of attitudes is important...means of...
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The Social Psychology of Ethnic Identity (Chap. 2 "Social Identity") » Read Now
by Maykel Verkuyten. 294 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

In contrast to other disciplines, social psychology has been slow in responding to the questions posed by the issue of ethnicity. The Social Psychology of Ethnic Identity demonstrates the important contribution that psychology can make. The central aim of this book is to show, on the one hand...
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In contrast to other disciplines, social psychology has been slow in responding to the questions posed by the issue of ethnicity. The Social Psychology of Ethnic Identity demonstrates the important contribution that psychology can make. The central aim of this book is to show, on the one hand, that social psychology can be used to develop a better understanding of ethnicity and, on the other hand, that increased attention to ethnicity can benefit social psychology, filling in theoretical and empirical gaps. Based on recent research, The Social Psychology of Ethnic Identity brings an original approach to subjects such as: * ethnic minority identity: place, space and time * hyphenated identities and hybridity * self-descriptions and the ethnic self. The combination of diverse approaches to this burgeoning field will be of interest to social psychologists as well as those interested in issues of identity, ethnicity and migration.
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The Psychology of Leadership: New Perspectives and Research (Chap. 3 "Social Identity and Leadership") » Read Now
by Roderick M. Kramer, David M. Messick. 347 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

In this book, some of the world's leading scholars come together to describe their thinking and research on the topic of the psychology of leadership. Most of the chapters were originally presented as papers at a research conference held in 2001 at the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern...
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In this book, some of the world's leading scholars come together to describe their thinking and research on the topic of the psychology of leadership. Most of the chapters were originally presented as papers at a research conference held in 2001 at the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University. The contributions span traditional social psychological areas, as well as organizational theory; examining leadership as a psychological process and as afforded by organizational constraints and opportunities. The editors' goal was not to focus the chapters on a single approach to the study and conceptualization of leadership but rather to display the diversity of issues that surround the topic. Leadership scholars have identified a host of approaches to the study of leadership. What are the personal characteristics of leaders? What is the nature of the relation between leaders and followers? Why do we perceive some people to be better leaders than others? What are the circumstances that evoke leadership qualities in people? Can leadership be taught? And so on. The contributions to this book examine these important questions and fall into three categories: conceptions of leadership, factors that influence the effectiveness of leadership, and the consequences and effects of leadership on the leader. All in all, the chapters of this volume display part of a broad spectrum of novel and important approaches to the study of the psychology of leadership. We hope that they are equally useful to those who are or would be leaders and to those who study the topic. As recent events have served to remind us, it is too important a topic to be ignored by psychologists.
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Age Identification, Social Identity Gratifications, and Television Viewing, in Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media » Read Now
by Jake Harwood. 13 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Age Identification, Social Identity Gratifications, and Television...associated with a particular social identity (age identity) are related to...also operate at the level...
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Separation and Its Discontents: Toward an Evolutionary Theory of Anti-Semitism (Chap. 1 "A Social Identity Theory of Anti-Semitism") » Read Now
by Kevin MacDonald. 325 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

MacDonald develops a theory of anti-Semitism based on an evolutionary interpretation of social identity theory. Historical examples of anti-Semitism are analyzed as scientifically comprehensible gentile responses to a distinctive, segregated group. Anti-Semitism has historically been exacerbated by...
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MacDonald develops a theory of anti-Semitism based on an evolutionary interpretation of social identity theory. Historical examples of anti-Semitism are analyzed as scientifically comprehensible gentile responses to a distinctive, segregated group. Anti-Semitism has historically been exacerbated by resource competition between Jews and gentiles. Jews have engaged in a wide range of strategies to try to combat it. These strategies include: crypsis, political activity, writing religious and intellectual apologia directed at both ingroup and outgroup members, and engaging in self-deception regarding both the nature of Judaism and gentile responses to Judaism.
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