Jean S. Phinney and Oscar A. Baldelomar
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- January 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195383430
- eISBN:
- 9780199827176
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195383430.003.0008
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter explores identity formation as an interactive process that takes place at the crux of development and culture. Development of identity is inseparable from the immediate and larger ...
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This chapter explores identity formation as an interactive process that takes place at the crux of development and culture. Development of identity is inseparable from the immediate and larger cultural contexts in which an individual lives. The chapter presents a model of identity formation suggesting that individuals follow different pathways of identity development, depending on their own needs and goals and on the opportunities and constraints offered by their culture. Identity formation occurs in different domains, such as occupation, religion, ethnicity, and gender, the importance of each which varies across cultures. However, the process of identity formation, based on individual and contextual variation in the extent and type of exploration and the degree of commitment, is similar across cultures.Less
This chapter explores identity formation as an interactive process that takes place at the crux of development and culture. Development of identity is inseparable from the immediate and larger cultural contexts in which an individual lives. The chapter presents a model of identity formation suggesting that individuals follow different pathways of identity development, depending on their own needs and goals and on the opportunities and constraints offered by their culture. Identity formation occurs in different domains, such as occupation, religion, ethnicity, and gender, the importance of each which varies across cultures. However, the process of identity formation, based on individual and contextual variation in the extent and type of exploration and the degree of commitment, is similar across cultures.
Jochem J. Kroezen and Pursey P. M. A. R. Heugens
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199640997
- eISBN:
- 9780191738388
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199640997.003.0005
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Organization Studies
On the basis of a qualitative study of fifty-nine recently founded Dutch microbreweries, we develop a conceptual model of organizational identity formation. We employ old institutionalism as a ...
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On the basis of a qualitative study of fifty-nine recently founded Dutch microbreweries, we develop a conceptual model of organizational identity formation. We employ old institutionalism as a theoretical lens to integrate several prior findings concerning the potential sources of organizational identity, such as (a) the identities of authoritative organizational insiders, (b) the preferences and judgments of organizational audiences, and (c) the identities of organizational peers. Each of these sources is shown to critically influence the two most central identity formation processes: the initial imprinting of potential identity attributes upon organizations, and the subsequent enactment of a selection of these by organizational insiders.Less
On the basis of a qualitative study of fifty-nine recently founded Dutch microbreweries, we develop a conceptual model of organizational identity formation. We employ old institutionalism as a theoretical lens to integrate several prior findings concerning the potential sources of organizational identity, such as (a) the identities of authoritative organizational insiders, (b) the preferences and judgments of organizational audiences, and (c) the identities of organizational peers. Each of these sources is shown to critically influence the two most central identity formation processes: the initial imprinting of potential identity attributes upon organizations, and the subsequent enactment of a selection of these by organizational insiders.
Denise Natali
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780199244904
- eISBN:
- 9780191600050
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199244901.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
Denise Natali analyses 20 years of state‐reshaping projects in Iraq as an attempt by the Iraqi elite to draw Kurds into the state and to recognize the existence of a Kurdish ethnicity and region, ...
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Denise Natali analyses 20 years of state‐reshaping projects in Iraq as an attempt by the Iraqi elite to draw Kurds into the state and to recognize the existence of a Kurdish ethnicity and region, while maintaining the idea of Kurds as ‘Iraqis first’ and of ‘Kurdistan’ as an internal part of sovereign Iraq. The author traces Iraq's transition from a colonized country to a modern welfare state to a military dictatorship, and shows how centre–periphery relations swung as a result of elite politics in Baghdad. The author unearths the complexity behind the national identity formation process, particularly under the uncertainty of economic transition and the centre's asymmetric relations with different ethnic groups at the periphery.Less
Denise Natali analyses 20 years of state‐reshaping projects in Iraq as an attempt by the Iraqi elite to draw Kurds into the state and to recognize the existence of a Kurdish ethnicity and region, while maintaining the idea of Kurds as ‘Iraqis first’ and of ‘Kurdistan’ as an internal part of sovereign Iraq. The author traces Iraq's transition from a colonized country to a modern welfare state to a military dictatorship, and shows how centre–periphery relations swung as a result of elite politics in Baghdad. The author unearths the complexity behind the national identity formation process, particularly under the uncertainty of economic transition and the centre's asymmetric relations with different ethnic groups at the periphery.
Peter Mackridge
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199214426
- eISBN:
- 9780191706721
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199214426.003.0001
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Sociolinguistics / Anthropological Linguistics, Psycholinguistics / Neurolinguistics / Cognitive Linguistics
This chapter first lays out the aim and approach of the book. The aim is to analyse the Greek language question within the context of nation-building and identity formation. Drawing on a variety of ...
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This chapter first lays out the aim and approach of the book. The aim is to analyse the Greek language question within the context of nation-building and identity formation. Drawing on a variety of sources (literary, historical, and combative) and with the help of linguistics, literary studies, and anthropology, the book presents a historical study of the Greek language controversy and identifies its historical, political, social, and linguistic causes and ramifications. Next, drawing especially on the work of Joshua Fishman, John Joseph, and Yasir Suleiman, the mutual influence of language, nationalism, and national identity is assessed. Then the relationship between language planning and political power is discussed. The chapter concludes with a brief survey of the concept of diglossia (including the genealogy of the term).Less
This chapter first lays out the aim and approach of the book. The aim is to analyse the Greek language question within the context of nation-building and identity formation. Drawing on a variety of sources (literary, historical, and combative) and with the help of linguistics, literary studies, and anthropology, the book presents a historical study of the Greek language controversy and identifies its historical, political, social, and linguistic causes and ramifications. Next, drawing especially on the work of Joshua Fishman, John Joseph, and Yasir Suleiman, the mutual influence of language, nationalism, and national identity is assessed. Then the relationship between language planning and political power is discussed. The chapter concludes with a brief survey of the concept of diglossia (including the genealogy of the term).
Joanna L. Grossman and Lawrence M. Friedman
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691149820
- eISBN:
- 9781400839773
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691149820.003.0015
- Subject:
- Law, Family Law
This chapter briefly traces the history of adoption law and takes a look at some of the more tricky issues that surround this institution—cross-racial adoption and the role adoption plays in the ...
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This chapter briefly traces the history of adoption law and takes a look at some of the more tricky issues that surround this institution—cross-racial adoption and the role adoption plays in the formation of gay and lesbian families. It also shows how adoption reflects the major cultural trends in American life. Americans generally, in the age of expressive individualism, try desperately to fashion for themselves unique and satisfying selves; and discover, in a sense, who they really are. For adopted children, this can include a search for their “real” parents and the discovery of their true genetic code. Men and women can decide to have children or not. Adopted children, uniquely, have in a way the right to decide to have parents or not, or more accurately, to decide which parents to cling to.Less
This chapter briefly traces the history of adoption law and takes a look at some of the more tricky issues that surround this institution—cross-racial adoption and the role adoption plays in the formation of gay and lesbian families. It also shows how adoption reflects the major cultural trends in American life. Americans generally, in the age of expressive individualism, try desperately to fashion for themselves unique and satisfying selves; and discover, in a sense, who they really are. For adopted children, this can include a search for their “real” parents and the discovery of their true genetic code. Men and women can decide to have children or not. Adopted children, uniquely, have in a way the right to decide to have parents or not, or more accurately, to decide which parents to cling to.
Ruthellen Josselson and Michele Harway
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199732074
- eISBN:
- 9780199933457
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199732074.003.0001
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
Increasing numbers of people manage multiple racial, ethnic, national, or gender identities. The question explored in this book is how people navigate a variety of socially constructed but deeply ...
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Increasing numbers of people manage multiple racial, ethnic, national, or gender identities. The question explored in this book is how people navigate a variety of socially constructed but deeply embodied identities, in a variety of circumstances and contexts. This first chapter provides the theoretical and organization context for the book. Addressed here is the issue of the construction of coherence when coherence is no longer guaranteed by the sameness of collective identity. A variety of theories shed light on the experience of individuals navigating multiple identities. This chapter focuses on such constructs as development of ego identity, identity formation, racial identity development, acculturation and immigration, transnationalism, intersectionality, multiple identity development, and cultural frame switching. The last section of the chapter details how chapter authors view these issues from a range of standpoints.Less
Increasing numbers of people manage multiple racial, ethnic, national, or gender identities. The question explored in this book is how people navigate a variety of socially constructed but deeply embodied identities, in a variety of circumstances and contexts. This first chapter provides the theoretical and organization context for the book. Addressed here is the issue of the construction of coherence when coherence is no longer guaranteed by the sameness of collective identity. A variety of theories shed light on the experience of individuals navigating multiple identities. This chapter focuses on such constructs as development of ego identity, identity formation, racial identity development, acculturation and immigration, transnationalism, intersectionality, multiple identity development, and cultural frame switching. The last section of the chapter details how chapter authors view these issues from a range of standpoints.
Josefina A. Echavarria
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719079856
- eISBN:
- 9781781702185
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719079856.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
Based on geo- and biopolitical analyses, this book reconsiders how security policies and practices legitimate state and non-state violence in the Colombian conflict, and uses the case study of the ...
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Based on geo- and biopolitical analyses, this book reconsiders how security policies and practices legitimate state and non-state violence in the Colombian conflict, and uses the case study of the official Democratic Security Policy (DSP) to examines how security discourses write the political identities of state, self and others. It claims that the DSP delimits politics, the political, and the imaginaries of peace and war through conditioning the possibilities for identity formation. The book offers an innovative application of a large theoretical framework on the performative character of security discourses and furthers a nuanced understanding of the security problematique in a postcolonial setting.Less
Based on geo- and biopolitical analyses, this book reconsiders how security policies and practices legitimate state and non-state violence in the Colombian conflict, and uses the case study of the official Democratic Security Policy (DSP) to examines how security discourses write the political identities of state, self and others. It claims that the DSP delimits politics, the political, and the imaginaries of peace and war through conditioning the possibilities for identity formation. The book offers an innovative application of a large theoretical framework on the performative character of security discourses and furthers a nuanced understanding of the security problematique in a postcolonial setting.
Basia Spalek
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861348043
- eISBN:
- 9781447301899
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861348043.003.0002
- Subject:
- Social Work, Crime and Justice
This chapter examines the relevance of identity formations for criminology and their significance in a criminal justice context. Conceptualising today's society as late modernity, it argues that when ...
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This chapter examines the relevance of identity formations for criminology and their significance in a criminal justice context. Conceptualising today's society as late modernity, it argues that when writing about the nature of social identities in contemporary western society, it is important to consider the interplay, tensions and contradictions between modernity's ‘imperative of order’, including the expression of collective identities and interests, and the fragmentation, individualisation and fluidity of identities associated with conditions of late modernity. It also suggests that within a criminal justice context, the identities of both offenders and victims are relevant, as are identities in relation to gender, ‘race’/ethnicity, religion/spirituality, sexual orientation, disability and ageing. Turning specifically to a criminal justice and community safety context, the chapter shows how the subject of identities is relevant in many ways. Finally, it provides a few examples of the ways in which identity is socially constructed and enacted within prisons.Less
This chapter examines the relevance of identity formations for criminology and their significance in a criminal justice context. Conceptualising today's society as late modernity, it argues that when writing about the nature of social identities in contemporary western society, it is important to consider the interplay, tensions and contradictions between modernity's ‘imperative of order’, including the expression of collective identities and interests, and the fragmentation, individualisation and fluidity of identities associated with conditions of late modernity. It also suggests that within a criminal justice context, the identities of both offenders and victims are relevant, as are identities in relation to gender, ‘race’/ethnicity, religion/spirituality, sexual orientation, disability and ageing. Turning specifically to a criminal justice and community safety context, the chapter shows how the subject of identities is relevant in many ways. Finally, it provides a few examples of the ways in which identity is socially constructed and enacted within prisons.
Ruthellen Josselson and Michele Harway (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199732074
- eISBN:
- 9780199933457
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199732074.001.0001
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
In our increasingly complex globalized world, many people carry distinct, often conflicting, psychosocial identities. People live at the edges of more than one communal affiliation, bridging ...
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In our increasingly complex globalized world, many people carry distinct, often conflicting, psychosocial identities. People live at the edges of more than one communal affiliation, bridging loyalties and identifications. This book is designed to explore how people attain or maintain personal integration in the face of often-shifting experiences of personal or social location—how people navigate the complexity of their multiple identities. One of the key premises of this book is that identity is rooted in social location and therefore always reflects the social and historical period in which it is formed and evolves. People are often fixed from outside themselves with labels that they must include or resist in their identity definition. Thus, even in our highly individualized society, identity remains socially constructed and people are not free to simple declare the meanings of their identity and have them accepted by others. Identities are fluid and context-dependent, and identity elements exist in readiness to be expressed depending on the external social factors that invite their emergence. The book considers individuals who are navigating across: • Racial minority or majority status • Cultures with different values • Gender identities • Roles • Cultural expectations versus individual definitions. The first section of the book attempts to look at identity theoretically and phenomenologically and assesses how current theory can aid in understanding the experience of multiple identity. The second and third sections of the book look at the identity navigation process in the United States and in cross-cultural populations.Less
In our increasingly complex globalized world, many people carry distinct, often conflicting, psychosocial identities. People live at the edges of more than one communal affiliation, bridging loyalties and identifications. This book is designed to explore how people attain or maintain personal integration in the face of often-shifting experiences of personal or social location—how people navigate the complexity of their multiple identities. One of the key premises of this book is that identity is rooted in social location and therefore always reflects the social and historical period in which it is formed and evolves. People are often fixed from outside themselves with labels that they must include or resist in their identity definition. Thus, even in our highly individualized society, identity remains socially constructed and people are not free to simple declare the meanings of their identity and have them accepted by others. Identities are fluid and context-dependent, and identity elements exist in readiness to be expressed depending on the external social factors that invite their emergence. The book considers individuals who are navigating across: • Racial minority or majority status • Cultures with different values • Gender identities • Roles • Cultural expectations versus individual definitions. The first section of the book attempts to look at identity theoretically and phenomenologically and assesses how current theory can aid in understanding the experience of multiple identity. The second and third sections of the book look at the identity navigation process in the United States and in cross-cultural populations.
Lisa M. Osbeck and Nancy J. Nersessian
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199753628
- eISBN:
- 9780199950027
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199753628.003.0005
- Subject:
- Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter questions the appropriate unit of analysis for the psychology of science. There is an integration problem in science studies with two aspects: an artificial divide between sociocultural ...
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This chapter questions the appropriate unit of analysis for the psychology of science. There is an integration problem in science studies with two aspects: an artificial divide between sociocultural and rational-cognitive accounts of science, and inadequate incorporation of the “personal” dimension of science. In response to the integration problem, the “acting person” as an analytic focus is proposed and supported by examining exemplars in which “acting” and “person” are invoked as core concepts. The relation of the framework to contemporary “practice” approaches to science is considered. How the acting person as a unit of analysis has been employed to interpret the psychological practices of biomedical engineering research in two innovation-focused laboratory communities is then described. The focus is on two dimensions of activity: emotional expression and identity formation through social positioning. The conceptual advantages and challenges of adopting the acting person as a unit of analysis are discussed.Less
This chapter questions the appropriate unit of analysis for the psychology of science. There is an integration problem in science studies with two aspects: an artificial divide between sociocultural and rational-cognitive accounts of science, and inadequate incorporation of the “personal” dimension of science. In response to the integration problem, the “acting person” as an analytic focus is proposed and supported by examining exemplars in which “acting” and “person” are invoked as core concepts. The relation of the framework to contemporary “practice” approaches to science is considered. How the acting person as a unit of analysis has been employed to interpret the psychological practices of biomedical engineering research in two innovation-focused laboratory communities is then described. The focus is on two dimensions of activity: emotional expression and identity formation through social positioning. The conceptual advantages and challenges of adopting the acting person as a unit of analysis are discussed.
Basia Spalek
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861348043
- eISBN:
- 9781447301899
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861348043.003.0011
- Subject:
- Social Work, Crime and Justice
This book has shown how the construction of social identities might best be conceptualised as consisting of the interplay, tensions and contradictions between modernity's ‘imperative of order’, ...
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This book has shown how the construction of social identities might best be conceptualised as consisting of the interplay, tensions and contradictions between modernity's ‘imperative of order’, including the expression of collective identities and interests, and the fragmentation, individualisation and fluidity of identities associated with conditions of late modernity. Both processes are at play, and serve to produce, perpetuate, deconstruct and influence the nature of identity formations within particular contexts. This book has also highlighted the fact that equality and diversity issues feature significantly in the policies and practices of all criminal justice agencies. The concern shown towards gender, ‘race’ and ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, disability and age reflects wider social processes occurring in contemporary western societies, whereby questions of identity are increasingly important. Certainly, the subject of social identities in relation to crime, criminal justice and victimisation has much potential for criminology.Less
This book has shown how the construction of social identities might best be conceptualised as consisting of the interplay, tensions and contradictions between modernity's ‘imperative of order’, including the expression of collective identities and interests, and the fragmentation, individualisation and fluidity of identities associated with conditions of late modernity. Both processes are at play, and serve to produce, perpetuate, deconstruct and influence the nature of identity formations within particular contexts. This book has also highlighted the fact that equality and diversity issues feature significantly in the policies and practices of all criminal justice agencies. The concern shown towards gender, ‘race’ and ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, disability and age reflects wider social processes occurring in contemporary western societies, whereby questions of identity are increasingly important. Certainly, the subject of social identities in relation to crime, criminal justice and victimisation has much potential for criminology.
Sumit Sarkar
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199259885
- eISBN:
- 9780191744587
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199259885.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, Asian History
This is an exploration of the many meanings and forms of anti-colonial nationalisms in South Asia as well as of several distinctive historiographical approaches to such politics: Cambridge School, ...
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This is an exploration of the many meanings and forms of anti-colonial nationalisms in South Asia as well as of several distinctive historiographical approaches to such politics: Cambridge School, Subaltern Studies, post-colonial, left- and right-wing definitions. Within each category of writings, it probes into shifts, phases, and variations. It then looks at the formation of diverse identities among modern Indians and their relationship with nationalisms of different kinds. In particular, the essay explores how cultural production tried to resolve the contradictions among multiple and contentious political identities in search of a broad unity among all Indians, even if in the process, it confirmed more particularistic identities based on caste, religion, and gender. It argues that identities remained complex and unstable, mutually animating even as they were mutually exclusive. Finally, it looks at other genres of history writing that go beyond the colonial/colonized binary and focus on labouring classes, ‘low’ castes, and gender relationships against the broad backdrop of an overarching nationalism. It seeks to understand where nationalism may be relocated among this welter of identities and political action.Less
This is an exploration of the many meanings and forms of anti-colonial nationalisms in South Asia as well as of several distinctive historiographical approaches to such politics: Cambridge School, Subaltern Studies, post-colonial, left- and right-wing definitions. Within each category of writings, it probes into shifts, phases, and variations. It then looks at the formation of diverse identities among modern Indians and their relationship with nationalisms of different kinds. In particular, the essay explores how cultural production tried to resolve the contradictions among multiple and contentious political identities in search of a broad unity among all Indians, even if in the process, it confirmed more particularistic identities based on caste, religion, and gender. It argues that identities remained complex and unstable, mutually animating even as they were mutually exclusive. Finally, it looks at other genres of history writing that go beyond the colonial/colonized binary and focus on labouring classes, ‘low’ castes, and gender relationships against the broad backdrop of an overarching nationalism. It seeks to understand where nationalism may be relocated among this welter of identities and political action.
Marc S. Schulz and Patricia K. Kerig
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199736546
- eISBN:
- 9780199932443
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199736546.003.0019
- Subject:
- Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Clinical Child Psychology / School Psychology
The chapters in this volume present cutting-edge research and theory about development from early adolescence through the transition into young adulthood. This concluding chapter highlights some of ...
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The chapters in this volume present cutting-edge research and theory about development from early adolescence through the transition into young adulthood. This concluding chapter highlights some of the implications of the contributions to this book for clinical intervention. It discusses the therapeutic implications of strivings for autonomy and identity formation, transdiagnostic approaches to psychopathology, and implications of early parenthood for efforts to promote healthy family development.Less
The chapters in this volume present cutting-edge research and theory about development from early adolescence through the transition into young adulthood. This concluding chapter highlights some of the implications of the contributions to this book for clinical intervention. It discusses the therapeutic implications of strivings for autonomy and identity formation, transdiagnostic approaches to psychopathology, and implications of early parenthood for efforts to promote healthy family development.
Elizabeth Vlossak
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- January 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199561117
- eISBN:
- 9780191595035
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199561117.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
The image of the Alsatian woman continues to be used as a cultural emblem, yet her historical and political significance, whether real or invented, has largely been forgotten. Moreover, Alsatian ...
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The image of the Alsatian woman continues to be used as a cultural emblem, yet her historical and political significance, whether real or invented, has largely been forgotten. Moreover, Alsatian memory and the French memory of Alsace have become almost exclusively masculine. This masculinization is especially apparent in the way Alsatians remember the period of Nazi re-annexation. The representatives of Nazi oppression are the tragic Malgré-nous, Alsatians and Mosellans drafted by force into the Wehrmacht, while women's experiences and collective identity fall outside the realm of national memory and commemoration. Marianne or Germania concludes by questioning this continued exclusion. As the book has demonstrated, by taking a gendered approach to Alsace's fascinating history, in which both men and women have played a variety of roles, we gain further insight into the complexities of German and French nation-building, and the processes of national identity formation.Less
The image of the Alsatian woman continues to be used as a cultural emblem, yet her historical and political significance, whether real or invented, has largely been forgotten. Moreover, Alsatian memory and the French memory of Alsace have become almost exclusively masculine. This masculinization is especially apparent in the way Alsatians remember the period of Nazi re-annexation. The representatives of Nazi oppression are the tragic Malgré-nous, Alsatians and Mosellans drafted by force into the Wehrmacht, while women's experiences and collective identity fall outside the realm of national memory and commemoration. Marianne or Germania concludes by questioning this continued exclusion. As the book has demonstrated, by taking a gendered approach to Alsace's fascinating history, in which both men and women have played a variety of roles, we gain further insight into the complexities of German and French nation-building, and the processes of national identity formation.
Oliver P. Rafferty (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780719097317
- eISBN:
- 9781781708569
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719097317.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This work sets out to delineate the history of identity formation in the Irish context, as this unfolds from the middle ages to the present. Not only is the question of identity made complex by ...
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This work sets out to delineate the history of identity formation in the Irish context, as this unfolds from the middle ages to the present. Not only is the question of identity made complex by repeated invasions of Ireland it was compounded by the sixteenth century Protestant Reformation. From that time Catholicism was often embraced as a badge of resistance to the English and British Protestant presence in Ireland. This gives rise to questions of identity formation as an historical construct to meet contingent political realities, which are then read back into the historical narrative for political or propaganda purposes. The fluidity of Irish identity historically is witnessed by the incorporation into the culture of those arriving from other parts of Europe, who then became stakeholders in Irish society. However, from the sixteenth century what became paradigmatic was the struggle against English and Protestant influence. Given this was the labelling process of ‘Irish Catholic’ simply a negative construct? If so did this remain as the delimiting model for identity from the Reformation to the present? These and cognate questions, having given due weight to other processes at work in earlier stages of Irish history, form the context for the chapters in this volume. The subject is explored from historical, literary, and theological perspectives.Less
This work sets out to delineate the history of identity formation in the Irish context, as this unfolds from the middle ages to the present. Not only is the question of identity made complex by repeated invasions of Ireland it was compounded by the sixteenth century Protestant Reformation. From that time Catholicism was often embraced as a badge of resistance to the English and British Protestant presence in Ireland. This gives rise to questions of identity formation as an historical construct to meet contingent political realities, which are then read back into the historical narrative for political or propaganda purposes. The fluidity of Irish identity historically is witnessed by the incorporation into the culture of those arriving from other parts of Europe, who then became stakeholders in Irish society. However, from the sixteenth century what became paradigmatic was the struggle against English and Protestant influence. Given this was the labelling process of ‘Irish Catholic’ simply a negative construct? If so did this remain as the delimiting model for identity from the Reformation to the present? These and cognate questions, having given due weight to other processes at work in earlier stages of Irish history, form the context for the chapters in this volume. The subject is explored from historical, literary, and theological perspectives.
Alexis Torrance
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199665365
- eISBN:
- 9780191745065
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199665365.003.0009
- Subject:
- Religion, Early Christian Studies, Theology
The epilogue offers several avenues of further research which this study opens up: 1) placing repentance at the heart of discussions of the formation of Christian identity; 2) recognizing the extent ...
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The epilogue offers several avenues of further research which this study opens up: 1) placing repentance at the heart of discussions of the formation of Christian identity; 2) recognizing the extent of the impact of monastic ideals on broader social life and the life of the empire; 3) the link between repentance and mysticism in Eastern Christianity.Less
The epilogue offers several avenues of further research which this study opens up: 1) placing repentance at the heart of discussions of the formation of Christian identity; 2) recognizing the extent of the impact of monastic ideals on broader social life and the life of the empire; 3) the link between repentance and mysticism in Eastern Christianity.
Catharine Coleborne
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780719087240
- eISBN:
- 9781526104250
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719087240.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Imperialism and Colonialism
This concluding chapter brings together the range of findings from the qualitative and quantitative work explored in the various chapters of the book with an emphasis on suggesting how categories of ...
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This concluding chapter brings together the range of findings from the qualitative and quantitative work explored in the various chapters of the book with an emphasis on suggesting how categories of gender ethnicity interact to produce specific colonial identities in medicine and in particular, through the institutional setting of the colonial hospitals for the insane.Less
This concluding chapter brings together the range of findings from the qualitative and quantitative work explored in the various chapters of the book with an emphasis on suggesting how categories of gender ethnicity interact to produce specific colonial identities in medicine and in particular, through the institutional setting of the colonial hospitals for the insane.
Bernice Kurchin
Diane F. George (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780813056197
- eISBN:
- 9780813053950
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813056197.001.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
In situations of displacement, disruption, and difference, humans adapt by actively creating, re-creating, and adjusting their identities using the material world. This book employs the discipline of ...
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In situations of displacement, disruption, and difference, humans adapt by actively creating, re-creating, and adjusting their identities using the material world. This book employs the discipline of historical archaeology to study this process as it occurs in new and challenging environments. The case studies furnish varied instances of people wresting control from others who wish to define them and of adaptive transformation by people who find themselves in new and strange worlds. The authors consider multiple aspects of identity, such as race, class, gender, and ethnicity, and look for ways to understand its fluid and intersecting nature. The book seeks to make the study of the past relevant to our globalized, postcolonized, and capitalized world. Questions of identity formation are critical in understanding the world today, in which boundaries are simultaneously breaking down and being built up, and humans are constantly adapting to the ever-changing milieu. This book tackles these questions not only in multiple dimensions of earthly space but also in a panorama of historical time. Moving from the ancient past to the unknowable future and through numerous temporal stops in between, the reader travels from New York to the Great Lakes, Britain to North Africa, and the North Atlantic to the West Indies.Less
In situations of displacement, disruption, and difference, humans adapt by actively creating, re-creating, and adjusting their identities using the material world. This book employs the discipline of historical archaeology to study this process as it occurs in new and challenging environments. The case studies furnish varied instances of people wresting control from others who wish to define them and of adaptive transformation by people who find themselves in new and strange worlds. The authors consider multiple aspects of identity, such as race, class, gender, and ethnicity, and look for ways to understand its fluid and intersecting nature. The book seeks to make the study of the past relevant to our globalized, postcolonized, and capitalized world. Questions of identity formation are critical in understanding the world today, in which boundaries are simultaneously breaking down and being built up, and humans are constantly adapting to the ever-changing milieu. This book tackles these questions not only in multiple dimensions of earthly space but also in a panorama of historical time. Moving from the ancient past to the unknowable future and through numerous temporal stops in between, the reader travels from New York to the Great Lakes, Britain to North Africa, and the North Atlantic to the West Indies.
Deborah Gray White
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252040900
- eISBN:
- 9780252099403
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252040900.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
“Lost in the USA: American Identity from the Promise Keepers to the Million Mom March” is a book about Americans’ search for personal tranquility at the turn of the twenty-first century. It argues ...
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“Lost in the USA: American Identity from the Promise Keepers to the Million Mom March” is a book about Americans’ search for personal tranquility at the turn of the twenty-first century. It argues that beneath the surface of prosperity and peace, ordinary Americans were struggling to adjust and adapt to the forces of postmodernity – immigration, multiculturalism, feminism, globalization, deindustrialization – which were radically changing the way Americans understood themselves and each other. Using the Promise Keepers (1991-2000), the Million Man March (1995), the Million Woman March (1997), the LGBT Marches (1993 and 2000), and the Million Mom March (2000) as a prism through which to analyze the era, “Lost in the USA” reveals the massive shifts occurring in American culture, shows how these shifts troubled many Americans, what they resolved to do about them, and how the forces of postmodernity transformed the identities of some Americans. It reveals that the mass gatherings of the 1990s were therapeutic places where people did not just express their identity but where they sought new identities. It shows that the mass gatherings reveal much about coalition building, interracial worship, parenting, and marriage and family relationships. Because its approach is historical it also addresses the continuing processes of millennialism, modernism and American identity formation.Less
“Lost in the USA: American Identity from the Promise Keepers to the Million Mom March” is a book about Americans’ search for personal tranquility at the turn of the twenty-first century. It argues that beneath the surface of prosperity and peace, ordinary Americans were struggling to adjust and adapt to the forces of postmodernity – immigration, multiculturalism, feminism, globalization, deindustrialization – which were radically changing the way Americans understood themselves and each other. Using the Promise Keepers (1991-2000), the Million Man March (1995), the Million Woman March (1997), the LGBT Marches (1993 and 2000), and the Million Mom March (2000) as a prism through which to analyze the era, “Lost in the USA” reveals the massive shifts occurring in American culture, shows how these shifts troubled many Americans, what they resolved to do about them, and how the forces of postmodernity transformed the identities of some Americans. It reveals that the mass gatherings of the 1990s were therapeutic places where people did not just express their identity but where they sought new identities. It shows that the mass gatherings reveal much about coalition building, interracial worship, parenting, and marriage and family relationships. Because its approach is historical it also addresses the continuing processes of millennialism, modernism and American identity formation.
Nicole M. Piemonte
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780262037396
- eISBN:
- 9780262344968
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262037396.003.0004
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
Chapter four explores how educators might help cultivate the capacity for authentic patient care among doctors-in-training, including a comportment of humility, openness, and gratitude for patients. ...
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Chapter four explores how educators might help cultivate the capacity for authentic patient care among doctors-in-training, including a comportment of humility, openness, and gratitude for patients. The argument is made that the curative ethos of medicine and its preoccupation with calculative thinking will persist until educators can cultivate within clinicians and clinicians-in-training the capacity to face their vulnerability and the reality of existential anxiety. It is through a pedagogy that values and fosters vulnerability and reflexivity that this capacity can be cultivated. Although recent trends in the professionalism movement, including that of “professional identity formation,” have made progress toward these ends, these movements actually may serve to reinforce calculative thinking, due to their focus on outcomes and assessment. This chapter looks critically at such trends in medical education and contends that ideas concerning professionalism can be enriched and expanded through an understanding of virtue ethics and the Aristotelian concept of phronesis, which emphasize personal development, experiential and habitual learning, and quality mentorship.Less
Chapter four explores how educators might help cultivate the capacity for authentic patient care among doctors-in-training, including a comportment of humility, openness, and gratitude for patients. The argument is made that the curative ethos of medicine and its preoccupation with calculative thinking will persist until educators can cultivate within clinicians and clinicians-in-training the capacity to face their vulnerability and the reality of existential anxiety. It is through a pedagogy that values and fosters vulnerability and reflexivity that this capacity can be cultivated. Although recent trends in the professionalism movement, including that of “professional identity formation,” have made progress toward these ends, these movements actually may serve to reinforce calculative thinking, due to their focus on outcomes and assessment. This chapter looks critically at such trends in medical education and contends that ideas concerning professionalism can be enriched and expanded through an understanding of virtue ethics and the Aristotelian concept of phronesis, which emphasize personal development, experiential and habitual learning, and quality mentorship.
