self as identity that can be extracted from his work can allow social theory to imagine actors who are simultaneously … these works have been able to theorize the self adequately. It is suggested that neither Parsons nor Merton has any place … for the self in their respective theories. While Goffman does make a space for the self, it is only a negative space. Even …

Living the Body: Embodiment, Womenhood and Identity in Contemporary India by Meenakshi Thapan, Sage Publication, Delhi …

sufficient action to work toward their school goals. This paper uses identity-based motivation theory (IBM, Oyserman, 2007, 2009a … impossibility. Family assets and child savings are likely to influence each element of identity relevance. …

’s or a people’s identity may be created only by competing with the ‘other’ culture or people. The discrepancy and … competition between the ‘self’ and the ‘other’ is the main purpose of our research. In our opinion, this competition may be … resolved by building a bridge across cultures. In our paper, we intend to highlight the identity of the Romanian culture in …

This article presents a portion of data from a study examining the way language is used to negotiate identity in a …

undertaking a process of redefinition and transformation of the self. Drawing from contemporary theories on identity, it considers … extent social, institutional and cultural factors shape and restrict the ways in which the self is experienced. The paper … extends the use of oral history methods in accounting research, arguing for the use of narrative to conceptualise identity …

interacts both with the interlocutors present, considered to share the speaker’s national and religious identity and with … politician’s identity is negotiated in discourse through the interplay of hypostases of identity and alterity. Their linguistic …