'Identity' is a central organizing feature of our social world.
Across the social sciences and humanities, it is increasingly
treated as something that is actively and publicly accomplished in
discourse. This book defines identity in its broadest sense, in
terms of how people display who they are to each other. Each
chapter examines a different discursive environment in which people
do 'identity work': everyday conversation, institutional settings,
narrative and stories, commodified contexts, spatial locations, and
virtual environments. The authors describe and demonstrate a range
of discourse and interaction analytic methods as they are put to
use in the study of identity, including 'performative' analyses,
conversation analysis, membership categorization analysis, critical
discourse analysis, narrative analysis, positioning theory,
discursive psychology and politeness theory. The book aims to give
readers a clear sense of the coherence (or otherwise) of these
different approaches, the practical steps taken in analysis, and
their situation within broader critical debates. Through the use of
detailed and original 'identity' case studies in a variety of
spoken and written texts in order, the book offers a practical and
accessible insight into what the discursive accomplishment of
identity actually looks like, and how to go about analyzing it.
Features: *Accessible introduction to the study of discourse and
identity across a variety of contexts. *Interdisciplinary in scope,
the book is relevant to a wide range of courses such as English
language and linguistics, psychology, media, cultural studies,
gender studies and sociology. *Each chapter includes a critical
overview of work in the area, original case studies, practical
instruction for analyses, points for further discussion and
suggested reading.
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