Table of Contents

Preface; Part I. The Story of Whence Identity and a Step Toward Theory: 1. Identity: its emergence within sociological psychology; 2. Sociological psychology and identity theory: a propositional essay; Part II. So What? Applying and Extending Identity Theory, and Back to Society: 3. Applying identity theory to bodies: gender identity; 4. Extending identity theory beyond bodies: prenatal and postmortem identities; 5. Identity in a pluralistic society: some parting words; Bibliography; Index.

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This book examines sociological perspectives on identity, illuminating the perennial problem of defining the human person, and posing an alternative definition of identity.