Negotiating identities : constructed selves and others / edited by Helen Vella Bonavita.

"The papers within this volume articulate the challenges perceived by an individual or a country when its sense of self is confronted by the foreign, the threatening. Migration, exile, and invasion all challenge the individual or the nation to redefine itself and thereby write and rewrite the c...

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Other Authors: Vella Bonavita, Helen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2011.
Series:At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 77.
At the interface/probing the boundaries. Diversity and recognition.
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Summary:"The papers within this volume articulate the challenges perceived by an individual or a country when its sense of self is confronted by the foreign, the threatening. Migration, exile, and invasion all challenge the individual or the nation to redefine itself and thereby write and rewrite the concept of personal and national identity. This interdisciplinary collection of papers, published for the first time, provide a stimulating and varied set of insights into the ongoing conversation that maps identity"--Page 4 of cover.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 217 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789401206877
9401206872
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.