Identity Complex: Making the Case for Multiplicity
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Identity Complex: Making the Case for Multiplicity
By (Author) Michael Hames-Garca
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
31st August 2011
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Ethnic groups and multicultural studies
Ethnic studies
305
Physical Properties
Paperback
304
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 23mm
Description
In seemingly exhaustive arguments about identity as a category of analysis, we have made a critical errorone that Michael Hames-Garca sets out to correct in this revisionary look at the making and meaning of social identities. We have asked how separate identitiesof race, class, ethnicity, gender, and sexualitycome to intersect. Instead, Hames-Garca proposes, we should begin by understanding such social identities as mutually constituting one another.
Reviews
"Identity Complex is a brilliantly argued, much needed intervention that redefines the terms and changes the stakes of the contemporary debate over identity politics. Michael Hames-Garca's transformative understanding of identity formations establishes his standing as the foremost scholar in the field." Donald Pease, Dartmouth College
Author Bio
Michael Hames-Garca is professor of ethnic studies at the University of Oregon. His books include Fugitive Thought: Prison Movements, Race, and the Meaning of Justice, also published by Minnesota.
