Social Representations and Identity

Drawing on the non-individualistic perspective of social representations theory, this book presents an alternative view of social identity by articulating the inseparable dynamic relationships that exist between content, process and power relations when social identity is embedded in social knowledge.

Autorentext
Gail Moloney is Lecturer at the Department of Psychology, NSW, Australia

Inhalt
Introduction Moving People and Shifting Representations. Making Immigrant Identities; K.Deaux & S.Wiley Social Representations of Alterity in the United States; G.Philogène Identity Representations within Israeli Society: A Kaleidoscope of Minority Phenomena; E.Orr Social Representations and the Politically Satirical Cartoon: The Construction and Reproduction of the Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Identity; G.Moloney A Narrative Theory of History and Identity: Social Identity, Social Representations, Society and the Individual; J.Liu & J.László Representing 'Us' and 'Them': Constructing White Identities in Everyday Talk; M.Augoustinos & D.Riggs "It's Not Their Fault that They Have that Colour Skin, Is It?" Young British Children and the Possibilities for Contesting Racializing Representations; C.Howarth Conceptions and Misconceptions: Social Representations of Medically Assisted Reproduction; I.Walker, P. Broderick & H.Correia Inviolable Versus Alterable Identities: Culture, Biotechnology and Resistance; N.Kronberger & W.Wagner Self-Control, Identity and Risk; H.Joffe Social Identities and Social Representations: How Are They Related?; I.Marková