“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)