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1. Marked Identities : Narrating Lives Between Social Labels and Individual Biographies

Author

R. Piazza, A. Fasulo, R. Piazza, and A. Fasulo

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

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.

Published
2014