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Event

Studies on the Social Construction of Identity and Authenticity

Tuesday, December 8, 2020 09:30to11:00

Panel and book launch

We are pleased to invite you to a panel and book launch of "Studies on the Social Construction of Identity and Authenticity”. The event will feature a conversation with the editors and several of the contributors on TuesdayDecember 8th, 9:30-11:00AM EST (UTC-05:00) on.

This volume offers readers insight into social constructionist approaches to identity and authenticity. It focuses on the processes of identification and authentication, rather than on subjective experiences of selfhood. There are no attempts to settle what authentic identities are. On the contrary, contributors demonstrate that neither identities nor their authenticity have a single or fixed meaning. Chapters provide exemplars of contemporary research on identity and authenticity, with significant diversity among them in terms of the identities, cultural milieu, geographic settings, disciplinary traditions, and methodological approaches considered. In this panel, contributors will introduce a number of established and emerging identity groups including yogis, fitness bloggers, international volunteers and social media influencers.

Featuring

J. Patrick Williams

Associate Professor of Sociology
Nanyang Technological University

Kaylan C. Schwarz

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow
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Erin F. Johnston

Research Associate
Duke University

Alexandra Rodney

PhD in Sociology (2017)
University of Toronto

 Studies on the Social Construction of Identity and Authenticity

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