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Wealth of selves : multiple identities, mestiza consciousness, and the subject of politics /

"All of us have multiple identities. Yet, as Edwina Barvosa argues, we are not always aware of the influence of our multiplicity on our selves or on political life. Wealth of Selves explores the everyday character and political consequences of multiple identities, blending insights from various...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barvosa, Edwina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2008.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Rio Grande/Río Bravo ; no. 14.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Multiple identities and immigrant political loyalty: replies to the question, Who are we?
  • Mestiza consciousness and intersectionality: toward an interdisciplinary framework of multiple identities
  • Identity contradiction in creative and critical thought: the case of Nazi J
  • The two-tiered cohesion of decentered subjectivity: a herdsman's maps and the politics of disordered contradiction
  • Ambivalence and life projects: love, politics, and self-integration in Casablanca
  • Selfcraft: love and politics in the self-integration of multiple identities
  • Conclusions: racial akrasia, selfcraft, and the defragmentation of self and society.