Rhetorics of Self-making (Hardcover)

Departing from an essentialist concept of the self, this volume advances the cross-cultural study of selfhood with three contributions to literature. First, it approaches the self as an ideological process, arguing that selfhood is culturally situated and emergent in social practices of persuasion. Second, it demonstrates how postmodernity problematizes the experience and concept of the self. Finally, the book challenges the pervasive practice of equating an individuated self with the Western world and a relational self with the non-Western world. Contributions cover a broad range of topics - from the development of the eccentric self to the ritual circumcision of Jewish males.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1995
Editors:	Debbora Battaglia
Dimensions:	154 x 234mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	156
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-08798-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > The self, ego, identity, personality Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > General
LSN:	0-520-08798-4
Barcode:	9780520087989

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