Identity in the 21st Century: New Trends in Changing Times (Identity Studies in the Social Sciences)

Bringing Together Leading Scholars To Investigate Trends In Contemporary Social Life, This Book Examines The Current Patterning Of Identities Based On Class And Community, Gender And Generation, Race, Faith And Ethnicity, And Derived From Popular Culture, Exploring Debates About Social Change, Individualization And The Re-making Of Social Class--provided By Publisher. Introduction : Negotiating Liveable Lives: Identity In Contemporary Britain / Margaret Wetherell -- Individualization And The Decline Of Class Identity / Anthony Heath, John Curtice And Gabriella Elgenius -- 'i Don't Want To Be Classed, But We Are All Classed' : Making Liveable Lives Across Generations / Ben Rogaly And Becky Taylor -- Steel, Identity, Community : Regenerating Identities In A South Wales Town / Valerie Walkerdine -- White Middle-class Identity Work Through 'against The Grain' School Choices / David James ... [et Al.] -- Ethnicities Without Guarantees : An Empirical Approach / Roxy Harris And Ben Rampton -- 'con-viviality' And Beyond : Identity Dynamics In A Young Men's Prison / Rod Earle And Coretta Phillips -- Imagining The 'other'/figuring Encounter : White English Middle-class And Working-class Identifications / Simon Clarke, Steve Garner And Rosie Gilmour -- The Subjectivities Of Young Somalis : The Impact Of Processes Of Disidentification And Disavowal / Gill Valentine And Deborah Sporton -- Living London : Women's Negotiating Identities In A Postcolonial City / Rosie Cox ... [et Al.] -- The Making Of Modern Motherhoods : Storying In An Emergent Identity / Rachel Thomson ... [et Al.] -- The Allure Of Belonging : Young People's Drinking Practices And Collective Identification / Christine Griffin ... [et Al.] -- The Transformation Of Intimacy : Classed Identities In The Moral Economy Of Reality Television / Beverley Skeggs And Helen Wood. Edited By Margaret Wetherell. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Tables......Page 8 Series Editors’ Preface......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 11 List of Contributors......Page 13 Introduction: Negotiating Liveable Lives – Identity in Contemporary Britain......Page 16 Part I: Class and Community......Page 34 1 Individualization and the Decline of Class Identity......Page 36 2 ‘I Don’t Want to Be Classed, But We Are All Classed’: Making Liveable Lives Across Generations......Page 56 3 Steel, Identity, Community: Regenerating Identities in a South Wales Town......Page 74 4 White Middle-Class Identity Work Through ‘Against the Grain’ School Choices......Page 91 Part II: Ethnicities and Encounters......Page 108 5 Ethnicities Without Guarantees: An Empirical Approach......Page 110 6 ‘Con-viviality’ and Beyond: Identity Dynamics in a Young Men’s Prison......Page 135 7 Imagining the ‘Other’/Figuring Encounter: White English Middle-Class and Working-Class Identifications......Page 154 8 The Subjectivities of Young Somalis: The Impact of Processes of Disidentification and Disavowal......Page 172 9 Living London: Women Negotiating Identities in a Postcolonial City......Page 190 Part III: Popular Culture and Relationality......Page 210 10 The Making of Modern Motherhoods: Storying an Emergent Identity......Page 212 11 The Allure of Belonging: Young People’s Drinking Practices and Collective Identification......Page 228 12 The Transformation of Intimacy: Classed Identities in the Moral Economy of Reality Television......Page 246 Appendix A: List of the Economic and Social Research Council Funded Projects Informing the Volume......Page 265 B......Page 267 C......Page 268 G......Page 269 I......Page 270 M......Page 271 P......Page 272 R......Page 273 S......Page 274 W......Page 275 Z......Page 276 Machine generated contents note: Introduction - Negotiating Liveable Lives: Intelligibility and Identity in Contemporary Britain--M. WetherellPart I: CLASS AND COMMUNITY Individualisation and the Decline of Class Identity; A. Heath, J. Curtice & G. ElgeniusI Don't Want to be Classed, But We Are All Classed: Making Liveable Lives Across Generations; B. Rogaly & B. TaylorSteel, Identity, Community: Regenerating Identities in a South Wales Town; V. WalkerdineWhite Middle-Class Identity Work Through Against the Grain School Choices--D. James, D. Reay, G. Crozier, F. Jamieson, P. Beedell, S. Hollingworth & K. Williams Part II: ETHNICITIES AND ENCOUNTERSEthnicities Without Guarantees: An Empirical Approach; R. Harris & B. RamptonCon-Viviality and Beyond: Identity Dynamics in a Young Mens Prison; R. Earle & C. PhillipsImagining the Other/Figuring Encounter: White English Middle-Class and Working-Class Identifications; S. Clarke, S. Garner & --R. GilmourThe Subjectivities of Young Somali: The Impact of Processes of Disidentification and Disavowal; G. Valentine & D. SportonLiving London: Women Negotiating Identities in a Post-Colonial City; R. Cox, S. Jackson, M. Khatwa & D. KiwanPart III: Popular Culture and Relationality The Making of Modern Motherhoods: Storying an Emergent Identity; R. Thomson, M.J. Kehily, L. Hadfield & S. SharpeThe Allure of Belonging: Young Peoples Drinking Practices and Collective Identification--C. Griffin, A. Bengry-Howell, C. Hackley, W. Mistral & I. SzmiginThe Transformation of Intimacy: Classed Identities in the Moral Economy of Reality Television; B. Skeggs & H. Wood Machine generated contents note: Introduction - Negotiating Liveable Lives: Intelligibility and Identity in Contemporary Britain M.WetherellPart I: CLASS AND COMMUNITY Individualisation and the Decline of Class Identity; A.Heath, J.Curtice & G.ElgeniusI Don't Want to be Classed, But We Are All Classed: Making Liveable Lives Across Generations; B.Rogaly & B.TaylorSteel, Identity, Community: Regenerating Identities in a South Wales Town; V.WalkerdineWhite Middle-Class Identity Work Through Against the Grain School Choices D.James, D.Reay, G.Crozier, F.Jamieson, P.Beedell, S.Hollingworth & K.Williams Part II: ETHNICITIES AND ENCOUNTERSEthnicities Without Guarantees: An Empirical Approach; R.Harris & B.RamptonCon-Viviality and Beyond: Identity Dynamics in a Young Mens Prison; R.Earle & C.PhillipsImagining the Other/Figuring Encounter: White English Middle-Class and Working-Class Identifications; S.Clarke, S.Garner & R.GilmourThe Subjectivities of Young Somali: The Impact of Processes of Disidentification and Disavowal; G.Valentine & D.SportonLiving London: Women Negotiating Identities in a Post-Colonial City; R.Cox, S.Jackson, M.Khatwa & D.KiwanPart III: Popular Culture and Relationality The Making of Modern Motherhoods: Storying an Emergent Identity; R.Thomson, M.J.Kehily, L.Hadfield & S.SharpeThe Allure of Belonging: Young Peoples Drinking Practices and Collective Identification C.Griffin, A.Bengry-Howell, C.Hackley, W.Mistral & I.SzmiginThe Transformation of Intimacy: Classed Identities in the Moral Economy of Reality Television; B.Skeggs & H.Wood.