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Identities in Everyday Life explores how identity theory in social psychology can help us understand a wide array of issues across six areas of life including psychological well-being; authenticity; morality; gender, race, and sexuality; group membership; and early-to-later adult identities.
List of contents
- Part I. INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1: Overview
- Jan E. Stets and Richard T. Serpe
- Part II. WELL-BEING
- Chapter 2: Identity Accumulation, Verification, and Well-Being
- Peter J. Burke and Christine Cerven
- Chapter 3: Perceived Similarity in Identity Meanings, Identity Verification, and Positive Emotions
- Matthew Grindal and Ryan Trettevik,
- Chapter 4: Multiple Identities and Self-Esteem
- Richard T. Serpe and Fritz Yarrison, Jan E. Stets, and Sheldon Stryker
- Part III. AUTHENTICITY
- Chapter 5: Authenticity and the Religious Identity
- Philip S. Brenner
- Chapter 6: Authenticity, Digital Media, and Person Identity Verification
- Jenny L. Davis
- Part IV. MORALITY
- Chapter 7: Toward a Theory of Moral Identity Development
- John Aldecoa
- Chapter 8: The Moral Identity and Immoral Behavior
- Jan E. Stets and Kevin McCaffree
- Chapter 9: Intersectional Identities and Stigma Recovery: Affective and Cognitive Responses to Unethical Prosocial Events
- Maria C. Ramos, Lynn Smith-Lovin, and Bethany Young
- Part V. GENDER, RACIAL, and SEXUALITY ISSUES
- Chapter 10: Gender Identity Among U.S. Adults
- K. Jill Kiecolt, Michael Hughes, and Hans Momplaisir
- Chapter 11: Racial Identity and Racial Attitudes among White Americans
- Matthew O. Hunt and Ashely V. Reichelmann,
- Chapter 12: Racial Exclusion and Queer Identity
- Shaeleya Miller
- Part VI. IDENTITIES AND GROUPS
- Chapter 13: Identities Meanings and Categorical Inequality
- Kimberly B. Rogers
- Chapter 14: Controlled, Verified, and Understood: Status and Identity in the Field of Higher Education
- Freda B. Lynn, Olga A. Novoselova, and Graham N. S. Miller
- Chapter 15: Identity Formation in Street Demonstrations
- Bert Klandermans and Jacquelien van Stekelenburg
- Part VII. IDENTITIES OVER THE LIFE COURSE
- Chapter 16: The Nature of the Ballet and Hip-Hop Dancer Identity
- Melanie Kushida
- Chapter 17: The Role of Signification Others in Shaping Fathers' Identities and Behavior
- Jessica L. Collett, Kelcie Vercel, and Kayla D. R. Pierce
- Chapter 18: Identity and the Self in Elderly Adults with Alzheimer's Disease
- Linda Francis, Richard E. Adams, Alexandra Konig, and Jesse Hoey
About the author
Jan E. Stets is Professor and Co-Chair of the Department of Sociology and Director of the Social Psychology Research Laboratory at the University of California, Riverside. She is past Director of the Sociology Program at the National Science Foundation, and past Co-Editor of Social Psychology Quarterly. Professor Stets is a sociological social psychologist who works in the areas of self and identity, emotions, morality, and social exchange. She is the author of a dozen books and over 80 papers. She is the recipient of NSF grants, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, and a member of the Sociological Research Association. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the ASA Emotions Section.
Richard T. Serpe is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Kent State University. He is past Co-Editor of Social Psychology Quarterly and Sociological Perspectives. Professor Serpe
is a sociological social psychologist who has been working in identity theory for the past forty years. His recent research is designed to further contextualize identity processes in terms of differential placement within the social structure. He has conducted or directed over 270 research projects funded by several private foundations, public and private organizations, local, state, and federal agencies.
Summary
Identities in Everyday Life explores how identity theory in social psychology can help us understand a wide array of issues across six areas of life including psychological well-being; authenticity; morality; gender, race, and sexuality; group membership; and early-to-later adult identities.
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As today's climate of identity driven politics and social divisions has highlighted for us, identity processes are central to the link between a society's social structure and the behaviors and motives of the individuals within it. Stets and Serpe's edited volume offers us a valuable new look at how these linkages work out in everyday contemporary life.
