ENGLISH

Questions of Cultural Identity

By Stuart Hall , Paul Du Gay (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
SAGE
Year
1996
ISBN
0803978839, 9780803978836, 0803978820, 9780803978829
LCC
HM101 .Q47 1996
Google Books ID
i_w9eYtlsrsC
Open Library ID
OL1015280M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6575275 bytes)
Pages
207\207
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Why and how do contemporary questions of culture so readily become highly charged questions of identity? The question of cultural identity lies at the heart of current debates in cultural studies and social theory. At issue is whether those identities which defined the social and cultural world of modern societies for so long - distinctive identities of gender, sexuality, race, class and nationality - are in decline, giving rise to new forms of identification and fragmenting the modern individual as a unified subject. Questions of Cultural Identity offers a wide-ranging exploration of this issue. Stuart Hall firstly outlines the reasons why the question of identity is so compelling and yet so problematic. The cast of

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