Marked identities

By Roberta Piazza, Alessandra Fasulo

Subjects: Identity (psychology), Discourse analysis, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Narratives, Social aspects, Identity (Psychology), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes, Sociolinguistics

Description: "Western society has become increasingly diverse and inclusive, but stereotypes still pervade public discourse. How do people who for different reasons have a marked status in society manage their identity and respond to stereotypes? This edited volume explores this issue with people who either belong to a culturally salient group - Travellers, Jewish survivors, Canadian First Nation women, ex DDR citizens - or whose circumstances make them potential targets of discrimination - teenage mothers, homeless people, substance users and individuals with autism. The interviews in these chapters reveal how their life narratives resist, change or incorporate society's views about them"--