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Author D''Urso, Alexandra

Title Life Stories and Sociological Imagination : Music, Private Lives, and Public Identity in France and Sweden
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (124 pages)
Contents Table of contents; introduction; chapter one -- setting the context; chapter two -- theoretically speaking; chapter three -- mon pays; chapter four -- overload; chapter five -- tying loose ends; references; index
Summary What happens when public figures' private selves are put forth for examination by public audiences? How do the personal struggles of music artists, specifically those with immigrant backgrounds, compare to the private struggles of other individuals? At a time when many countries in the European Union are experiencing an increase in far-right political party activities, how do individuals from the margins negotiate new ways of thinking about identity, offering hope for a greater understanding ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-113) and index
Notes English
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Subject Belonging (Social psychology)
Identity (Psychology) -- Sociological aspects
Group identity -- France
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Belonging (Social psychology)
Group identity
France
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781443865647
1443865648
1322056935
9781322056937