Multicentric Identities in a Globalizing World
Published on 24. June 2014
Book
Hardback
406 pages
978-1-62396-718-5 (ISBN)
Description
The volume represents the continuing of a the Yearbook of Idiographic Science project, born in 2009 and developed through an annual series of volumes collecting contributes aimed at developing the integration of idiographic and nomothetic approaches in psychology and more in general social science.
This year's YIS project received many positive feedbacks and signals of interest, as well as several submissions, from many parts of the world. This fifth volume directs attention to relevant and actual psycho-social phenomena as the development of identity in terms of self identity, social identity and local.
identity
The volume is directed to students, researchers and clinicians, interested in deepenig theoretical and methodological issues and improve clinical practices and research cultures.
This year's YIS project received many positive feedbacks and signals of interest, as well as several submissions, from many parts of the world. This fifth volume directs attention to relevant and actual psycho-social phenomena as the development of identity in terms of self identity, social identity and local.
identity
The volume is directed to students, researchers and clinicians, interested in deepenig theoretical and methodological issues and improve clinical practices and research cultures.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Charlotte
United States
Publishing group
Emerald Publishing Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
772 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62396-718-5 (9781623967185)
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Persons
Sergio Salvatore, University of Salento, Italy
Alessandro Gennaro, University of Salento, Italy
Jaan Valsiner, Clark University, USA
Alessandro Gennaro, University of Salento, Italy
Jaan Valsiner, Clark University, USA
Content
Introduction: Self-Regulation by Signs: A Social Semiotic Approach to Identity, Mariann Maertsin.
Section I. Pluralism of Personal Anchorages.
Chapter 1. Gender Identity in Intersex Adults: The Interplay of Voices and Silences, Ana Karina Cangucu-Campinho, Ana Cecilia de Sousa Bastos, and Isabel Maria Sampaio Oliveira Lima.
Chapter 2. Successive Ruptures in Maternal Identity: The Recurrent Abortion and the Implications for the Self, Vivian Volkmer Pontes.
Chapter 3. Health Professionals Die Too: How an Anesthesiologist Looks at Death in Palliative Care Practice, Olga V. Lehmann and Emanuela Saita.
Section I Commentary: Modern Qualitative Approach to Psychology: Art or Science? Aaro Toomela.
Section II. Identity in Movement Through Context.
Chapter 4. Identity and Organizations: Articulations from Social Networks Studies, Antonio Virgilio Bittencourt Bastos, Ana Clara de Sousa Bastos, and Ingrid Rapold.
Chapter 5. Through the Professional Role to the World of New Meanings, Katrin Kullasepp.
Chapter 6. Family Business Dynamics: Generational Change as Identity Transition, Ruggero Ruggieri and Nadia Pecoraro.
Chapter 7. Being Online: An Idiographic Approach to Identity in Virtual Environments, Beatrice Ligorio, Feldia Loperfido, and Marianna Iodice.
Section II Commentary: The Identity as a System of Translation of the Boundary Between Subject and Context, Maria Francesca Freda and Raffaele de Luca Picione.
Section III. Generalized Multiplicity.
Chapter 8. Sustaining Identity Change Through the Use of Symbolic Resources: The Case of an Immigrant Living in Greece, Irini Kadianaki.
Chapter 9. Negotiating Identities in Immigrant Families: Indian Muslim Youth in the United States of America, Sujata Sriram.
Chapter 10. Representations and Social Belonging: An Idiographic Approach to Community and Identity, Gordon Sammut, Mohammad Sartawi, Marco Giannini, and Chiara Labate.
Chapter 11. Performing Ethics at Identity Crossroads, Alberto Rosa and Fernanda Gonzalez.
Chapter 12. Territorial Identity and Immigration: Some Empirical Evidence on How They Are Related in Rome, Fabio Pollice, Francesca Spagnuolo, and Giulia Urso.
Chapter 13. Dynamics of Identity Re-Definitions among Refugees, Hala W. Mahmoud.
Section III Commentary: Being on the Move: How Borders Help to Re-think Identity, Giuseppina Marsico.
About the Contributors.
Section I. Pluralism of Personal Anchorages.
Chapter 1. Gender Identity in Intersex Adults: The Interplay of Voices and Silences, Ana Karina Cangucu-Campinho, Ana Cecilia de Sousa Bastos, and Isabel Maria Sampaio Oliveira Lima.
Chapter 2. Successive Ruptures in Maternal Identity: The Recurrent Abortion and the Implications for the Self, Vivian Volkmer Pontes.
Chapter 3. Health Professionals Die Too: How an Anesthesiologist Looks at Death in Palliative Care Practice, Olga V. Lehmann and Emanuela Saita.
Section I Commentary: Modern Qualitative Approach to Psychology: Art or Science? Aaro Toomela.
Section II. Identity in Movement Through Context.
Chapter 4. Identity and Organizations: Articulations from Social Networks Studies, Antonio Virgilio Bittencourt Bastos, Ana Clara de Sousa Bastos, and Ingrid Rapold.
Chapter 5. Through the Professional Role to the World of New Meanings, Katrin Kullasepp.
Chapter 6. Family Business Dynamics: Generational Change as Identity Transition, Ruggero Ruggieri and Nadia Pecoraro.
Chapter 7. Being Online: An Idiographic Approach to Identity in Virtual Environments, Beatrice Ligorio, Feldia Loperfido, and Marianna Iodice.
Section II Commentary: The Identity as a System of Translation of the Boundary Between Subject and Context, Maria Francesca Freda and Raffaele de Luca Picione.
Section III. Generalized Multiplicity.
Chapter 8. Sustaining Identity Change Through the Use of Symbolic Resources: The Case of an Immigrant Living in Greece, Irini Kadianaki.
Chapter 9. Negotiating Identities in Immigrant Families: Indian Muslim Youth in the United States of America, Sujata Sriram.
Chapter 10. Representations and Social Belonging: An Idiographic Approach to Community and Identity, Gordon Sammut, Mohammad Sartawi, Marco Giannini, and Chiara Labate.
Chapter 11. Performing Ethics at Identity Crossroads, Alberto Rosa and Fernanda Gonzalez.
Chapter 12. Territorial Identity and Immigration: Some Empirical Evidence on How They Are Related in Rome, Fabio Pollice, Francesca Spagnuolo, and Giulia Urso.
Chapter 13. Dynamics of Identity Re-Definitions among Refugees, Hala W. Mahmoud.
Section III Commentary: Being on the Move: How Borders Help to Re-think Identity, Giuseppina Marsico.
About the Contributors.