Identity and Affect: Experiences of Identity in a Globalising WorldJohn R. Campbell, Alan Rew Pluto Press, 1999 - 306 pages When forces of globalisation and local culture converge, distinctive social habitats are created. Drawing on detailed case studies of South Asian, East African, Melanesian and European societies, Identity and Affect provides a contextual analysis of the formation and expression of local identities and of the affective self-constitution of social agents. The contributors examine in particular the growing fragmentation of social relations in these areas and the impact this is having on individuals and communities who, forced into an increasingly outward orientation, are initiating processes of cultural redefinition and social realignment.The different effects of colonialism on identity formation are examined in studies of communalism in Sri Lanka, untouchables in India, cargo cults in New Guinea and the substitution of food exchange for cannibalism in Kaluana. Focusing on Italians in London and south Asians in East Africa, the formation and experience of belonging to cultural diaspora is explored from the perspective of the individual and the social collectivity. The authors conclude with an exploration of some of the defining experiences of modernity, specifically how individuals in industrial capitalist societies have come to see their identity as dependent on modern forms of industrial, public sector work. |
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... force of the divide between them and the dominant ethnic group , the Tolai . The sense conveyed in the ethnographies ... forces seen as external to the society and on - going social relations and institutional forms varies considerably ...
... force of the divide between them and the dominant ethnic group , the Tolai . The sense conveyed in the ethnographies ... forces seen as external to the society and on - going social relations and institutional forms varies considerably ...
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... force had been increasing rapidly through the 1950s and early 1960s as a result of population growth and the expansion of education , the demand for jobs greatly exceeded the supply , which had in any case remained static for a long ...
... force had been increasing rapidly through the 1950s and early 1960s as a result of population growth and the expansion of education , the demand for jobs greatly exceeded the supply , which had in any case remained static for a long ...
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... force which works with terrifying efficiency to produce its ' effects ' . Leaving aside that , and the consequent reductionism that it entails , the major difficulty I have with Althusser / Magubane concerns the implications of their ...
... force which works with terrifying efficiency to produce its ' effects ' . Leaving aside that , and the consequent reductionism that it entails , the major difficulty I have with Althusser / Magubane concerns the implications of their ...
Contents
The Political Economy of Identity and Affect | 1 |
Becoming | 17 |
Constructing Identities in Nineteenthcentury Colombo | 39 |
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