{"product_id":"identity-complex-making-the-case-for-multiplicity-paperback","title":"Identity Complex: Making the Case for Multiplicity - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Hames-García\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn seemingly exhaustive arguments about identity as a category of analysis, we have made a critical error-one that Michael Hames-García sets out to correct in this revisionary look at the making and meaning of social identities. We have asked how separate identities-of race, class, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality-come to intersect. Instead, Hames-García proposes, we should begin by understanding such social identities as mutually constituting one another.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrounded in both theoretical and political practices-in the lived realities of people's experience-\u003ci\u003eIdentity Complex\u003c\/i\u003e reinvigorates identity as a key concept and as a tool for the pursuit of social justice. Hames-García draws on a wide range of examples to show that social identities are central to how exploitation works, such as debates about the desirability of sexual minority identities in postcolonial contexts, questions about the reality of race, and the nature of the U.S. prison crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnless we understand precisely how identities take shape in relation to each other and within contexts of oppression, he contends, we will never be able to eradicate discrimination and social inequality. By analyzing the social interdependence of identities, Hames-García seeks to enable the creation of deep connections of solidarity across differences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Hames-García is professor of ethnic studies at the University of Oregon. His books include \u003ci\u003eFugitive Thought: Prison Movements, Race, and the Meaning of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42174821924999,"sku":"9780816649860","price":50.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/54a983ef0275032040639e4bf39b9096.webp?v=1733377062","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/identity-complex-making-the-case-for-multiplicity-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}