Exploring Identity in Literature and Life Stories The Elusive Self

Exploring Identity in Literature and Life Stories: The Elusive Self By Guri E. Barstad (editor), Karen S. P. Knutsen (editor), Elin Nesje Vestli (editor)
2019 | 334 Pages | ISBN: 1527535711 | PDF | 3 MB
Today, globalization, migration and political polarization complicate the individuals search for a cohesive identity, making identity formation and transformation key issues in everyday life. This collection of essays highlights a number of the dimensions of identity, including cultural hybridity, religion, ethnicity, profession, gender, sexuality, and childhood, and explores how they are thematized in different narratives. The stories discussed are set in Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, France, Germany, Great Britain, Haiti, India, Israel, Japan, Polynesia, Norway, Romania, Spain and South Africa, emphasizing todays international focus on identity. The majority of the contributions here focus on literary texts, while others investigate identity formations in interviews, language corpora, student reading logs, film, theatre and pathographies.