Innovations and Challenges in Identity Research
1st Edition
Published on 20. December 2021
158 pages
978-1-000-50831-4 (ISBN)
Description
Innovations and Challenges in Identity Research examines established and emergent issues within identity research.
This innovative book adopts a disciplinary transcendent approach, drawing on a range of social science, humanities and human science disciplines on the way to a detailed consideration of:
the history of identity as a construct
the components of a poststructuralist/social constructivist approach to identity
the prospect of a Marxist political economy approach to identity
the interrelationship between structure and agency and a model of structuring spheres
an expanded version of positioning theory
the digital universe as the future of identity research.
Leading researcher David Block provides a personal take on this key topic of study in applied linguistics and explains why and how discourse analysis is still a useful means through which we can understand identity today. The book is essential reading for students and academics studying and researching within the area of language and identity.
This innovative book adopts a disciplinary transcendent approach, drawing on a range of social science, humanities and human science disciplines on the way to a detailed consideration of:
the history of identity as a construct
the components of a poststructuralist/social constructivist approach to identity
the prospect of a Marxist political economy approach to identity
the interrelationship between structure and agency and a model of structuring spheres
an expanded version of positioning theory
the digital universe as the future of identity research.
Leading researcher David Block provides a personal take on this key topic of study in applied linguistics and explains why and how discourse analysis is still a useful means through which we can understand identity today. The book is essential reading for students and academics studying and researching within the area of language and identity.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-000-50831-4 (9781000508314)
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Person
David Block is Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats (Catalan Institute of Research and Advanced Studies) (ICREA) Research Professor in Sociolinguistics at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. He has published books, articles and chapters on a variety of topics, adopting in recent years a Marxist perspective in his analysis of contemporary social phenomena. He is co-editor (with Sarah Khan) of The Secret Life of English-Medium Instruction (Routledge, 2021).
Content
Preface
1 Revisiting identity: A short, selective history
2 Key elements in the poststructuralist/social constructivist approach to identity
3 Towards a Marxist approach to identity: From recognition and redistribution debates to a historical materialist view of being in the world
4 From structure and agency to structuring spheres
5 Expanding positioning theory
6 Applying the expanded model of positioning theory: An example
7 Conclusion
References
Index
1 Revisiting identity: A short, selective history
2 Key elements in the poststructuralist/social constructivist approach to identity
3 Towards a Marxist approach to identity: From recognition and redistribution debates to a historical materialist view of being in the world
4 From structure and agency to structuring spheres
5 Expanding positioning theory
6 Applying the expanded model of positioning theory: An example
7 Conclusion
References
Index
