Marked identities
narrating lives between social labels and individual biographies
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Author
Publication
2015 - Palgrave Macmillan, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
50,000 words, Guess
Page Count
200 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL31035044M
- ISBN-139781137332806
- OCLC Control Number883132883
- Library of Congress Control Number2014028976
Classifications
- DDC306.44
- LCCP302.84 .M37 2015
Description
"Western society has become increasingly diverse and inclusive, but stereotypes still pervade public discourse. How do people who for different reasons have a marked status in society manage their identity and respond to stereotypes? This edited volume explores this issue with people who either belong to a culturally salient group - Travellers, Jewish survivors, Canadian First Nation women, ex DDR citizens - or whose circumstances make them potential targets of discrimination - teenage mothers, homeless people, substance users and individuals with autism. The interviews in these chapters reveal how their life narratives resist, change or incorporate society's views about them"--
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