Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 217-242) e índice. CONTENIDO: Identity matters -- Similarity and difference -- A sign of the times? -- Understanding identification -- Selfhood and mind -- Embodied selves -- Entering the human world -- Self-image and public image -- Groups and categories -- Beyond boundaries -- Symbolising belonging -- Uncertainty and predictability -- Institutionalising identification -- Organising identification -- Categorisation and consequences -- Identity and modernity revisited.
