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    Cultivating political and public identity: Why plumage matters

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    Barker, Rodney
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    Throughout the twentieth century, everyone from Marxists to economic individualists assumed that social and political activity was driven by the rational pursuit of material gain. Today, the fundamental importance of the cultivation and preservation of identity is finally re-emerging. In this book, Rodney Barker explores the rich fabric of speech, dress, diet and the built environment from which human identity is made. The colour of a scarf or the accent of a conversation can unite people or divide them, and the smallest detail can play its part in signalling who are allies and who are enemies. Identity simultaneously generates equality and inequality – it is both the engine of public life and the cause of its confusion and conflict – and a better understanding of its subtleties is crucial if we are to confront the tensions that it produces in society. Synthesising methods and ideas from numerous disciplines – including history, political science, anthropology, law and sociology – Barker presents a picture of human life as more than just a collection of material interests. His ultimate aim is to show that no human activity is trivial or meaningless, that everything counts and plumage matters.
    URI
    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31314
    Keywords
    citizenship; speech; community; politics; identity politics; dress; religion; food; identity; social cohesion
    DOI
    10.26530/OAPEN_631396
    ISBN
    9781526114600
    OCN
    1030817497
    Publisher
    Manchester University Press
    Publisher website
    https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/
    Publication date and place
    2017
    Grantor
    • London School of Economics and Political Science
    Classification
    Social and cultural history
    Social and cultural anthropology
    Political science and theory
    Pages
    272
    Rights
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    • If not noted otherwise all contents are available under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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