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Informationen zum Autor Kathryn Woodward is a Regional Staff Tutor for Sociology for The Open University CONTRIBUTORS Susan Benson University of Cambridge Paul Gilroy Goldsmiths College University of London Lynne Segal Middlesex University Chris Shilling University of Portsmouth Klappentext In recent years, identity and difference have been the focus of key debates in cultural studies. This broad-ranging book examines the challenge of these debates and outlines their applications to central questions of gender, sexuality, embodiment, health, `race' and nation.The text renders accessible some of the most exciting and controversial issues in recent cultural studies. It combines theoretical explanation with in-depth discussion of key areas of contested identities, together with activities and selected readings.`The book is easy to use and its layout demonstrates some skill in constructing volumes that `work' as study guides and reference tools. The merit of this book goes well beyond its suitability for course applications. Contemporary ideas on identity provide new meanings for an old concept' - Multilingual and Multicultural Zusammenfassung This text outlines the challenge presented by key debates on identity to central questions of gender! sexuality! embodiment! health! "race" and nation. It includes discussion of the importance of identity and difference in the contemporary world at multiple levels - global! local and personal. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Kathryn Woodward Concepts of Difference and Identity - Kathryn Woodward The Body and Difference - Chris Shilling The Body, Health and Eating Disorders - Susan Benson Sexualities - Lynne Segal Motherhood - Kathryn Woodward Identities, Meanings and Myths Diaspora and the Detours of Identity - Paul Gilroy
