Identity work in social movements / Jo Reger, Daniel J. Myers, and Rachel L. Einwohner, editors.

Other author Reger, Jo, 1962-
Other author Myers, Daniel J.
Other author Einwohner, Rachel L.
Format Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2008.
Descriptionix, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Social movements.
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Feminism.
Gay people--Identity.
Lesbians--Identity.

SeriesSocial movements, protest, and contention ; v. 30
Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 30. ^A331606
Contents Introduction: Identity work, sameness, and difference in social movements / Rachel L. Einwohner, Jo Reger, and Daniel J. Myers -- Doing identity work -- Just like you: the dimensions of identity presentations in an antigay contested context / Kimberly B. Dugan -- "We're not just lip-synching up here": music and collective identity in drag performances / Elizabeth Kaminski and Verta Taylor -- Technical advances in communication: the example of white racialist "love groups" and "white civil rights organizations" / Todd Schroer -- Drawing identity boundaries: the creation of contemporary feminism / Jo Reger -- Passing as strategic identity work in the Warsaw ghetto uprising / Rachel L. Einwohner -- I am the man and woman in this house: Brazilian Jeito and the strategic framing of motherhood in a poor, urban community / Kevin Neuhouser -- Working through identities -- Ally identity: the politically gay / Daniel J. Myers -- Being "sisters" to Salvadoran peasants: deep identification and its limitations / Susan Munkres -- Dealing with diversity: the coalition of labor union women / Silke Roth -- Diversity discourse and multi-identity work in lesbian and gay organizations / Jane Ward -- The reconstruction of collective identity in the emergence of U.S. white women's liberation / Benita Roth -- Afterword: The analytic dimensions of identity: a political identity framework / Mary Bernstein -- Contributors -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008005219
ISBN9780816651399 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816651396 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816651405 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN081665140X (pb : alk. paper)