Marked identities: narrating lives between social labels and individual biographies
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349461905
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2015
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Western society has become increasingly diverse, but stereotypes still persist in the public discourse. This volume explores how people who have a marked status in society - among them Travellers, teenage mothers, homeless people - manage their identity in response to these stereotypes.