Brekhus - The Sociology of Identity
Brekhus, W. H. (2020). The Sociology of Identity: Authenticity, Multidimensionality, and Mobility. Cambridge: Polity. ISBN: 978-1509534807
This book offers an overview of sociological approaches to understanding social identity in a multicultural, globalised world. It deals with how people think about their identities and how they express them individually and as part of collective groups, social movements, organisations, neighbourhoods, or nations.
The author explores the sociology of identity and its social consequences through three conceptual themes highlighted in the title of the book: authenticity, multidimensionality, and mobility. Drawing on vivid examples from ethnography, current events, and everyday life, he offers an approach to identity that shows how social groups privilege, express, and shape identities.
Wayne H. Brekhus “The Sociology of Identity: Authenticity, Multidimensionality, and Mobility”