Social Identity
- ISBN-10
- 0415448484
- ISBN-13
- 9780415448482
- Series
- Social Identity
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 246
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Author
- Richard Jenkins
Description
Developing the argument that identity is both individual and collective, the author explores the work of major social theorists such as Mead, Goffman and Barth to explain the experience of identity in everyday life.
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