Identity and Difference (Culture, Media and Identities series)

ISBN: 0761954341

Author: Woodward, Kathryn

Condition: Used

`The book is easy to use and its layout demonstrates some skill in constructing volumes that `work' as study guides and reference tools. The merit of this book goes well beyond its suitability for course applications. Contemporary ideas on identity provide new meanings for an old concept' - Multilingual and MulticulturaIn recent years, identity and difference have been the focus of key debates in cultural studies. This broad-ranging book examines the challenge of these debates and outlines their applications to central questions of gender, sexuality, embodiment, health, `race' and nation.The text renders accessible some of the most exciting and controversial issues in recent cultural studies. It comb