Identities in Context

Andrew McKinlay is Head of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. He has published research on issues of identity, identity management, and the discursive challenges of 'problem' identities in a wide variety of academic journals. Chris McVittie is Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology and Qualitative Methods at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. He has published widely on topics related to the social psychology of communication and the study of identities.McKinlay and McVittie are co-authors of Social Psychology and Discourse (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008).

• About the authors. Preface.Acknowledgments.1. Introduction.2. National identities.3. Ethnic and religious identities.4. Gender identities.5. Health identities.6. Identities and the law.7. Organizations, work and identities.8. Virtual identities.Afterword.Glossary.References.Author Index.Subject Index.

“The book, on the whole, is an excellent introduction to discourse and identity, balancing the need for engagement in the field of research and in-depth discussions of the issues with comprehensive coverage of the features and aspects of identities. It achieves this in an elegant way, making the concepts and debates clear and coherent for a wide audience.”  (Discourse and Communication, 1 October 2013)"...it is a book that I am happy to recommend to my students, it is clearly written and takes students and interested readers through a journey of some of the significant contributions that discursive identity research has made." (QMiP Bulletin, 2012)