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This essential and timely text looks at the ways in which various identities are socially constructed by students, exploring and comparing multiple dimensions of diverse identities, and the various ways students try to fit in when faced with prejudice and discrimination.
List of contents
PART I - OVERVIEWS Introduction: Why was this book written? 1. How Is Prejudice Related to Other Concepts? 2. How are Identities Developed and Changed? 3. How do Identities Intersect to Impact Well-Being? 4. How were Voices of Diversity Studied? PART II -TYPES OF IDENTITIES 5. Racial-ethnic identities 6. Social class identities 7. Immigrant generation and language identities 8. Religious identities 9. Gender identities 10. Sexual identities 11. Family and dating identities 12. Age identities 13. School and athletic identities 14. Disability Identities 15. Body image identities 16. Geographic and place identities 17. Political Identities 18. Bullies and victims PART III - COMPARING IDENTITIES 19. Importance of identities 20. Comparing prejudices 21. Models of prejudice and well-being 22. Changes over the years Epilogue: Implications
About the author
Charles T. Hill is Professor of Psychology at Whittier College, California, where he won the Nerhood Teaching Excellence Award. He has a PhD in Social Psychology from Harvard University and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the American Psychological Association, and the American Sociological Association.
Summary
This essential and timely text looks at the ways in which various identities are socially constructed by students, exploring and comparing multiple dimensions of diverse identities, and the various ways students try to fit in when faced with prejudice and discrimination.
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"Professor Hill’s book, with its careful, thorough, and sensitive exploration of the causes and consequences of diverse identities, offers a wealth of insight, inspiration and understanding that will benefit students, teachers and anyone who wishes to "know thyself" better."
from the Foreword by James M. Jones, Director of the Center for the Study of Diversity and the Trustees' Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Africana Studies at the University of Delaware.
