This volume brings together essays that, individually and collectively, address the force of the literary text with regard to problematic identities. They work

English Roman Catholic women’s congregations are an enigma of nineteenth-century social history. Over ten thousand nuns and sisters, establishing and managing

Identity is one of the most theorised and contested of all sociological concepts and sport is fertile ground for an examination of its complexities. This book o

In this collection leading anthropologists provide a comprehensive yet highly nuanced view of what it means to be a Greek man or woman, married or unmarried, fu

Offers historical comparative and cross-national perspectives to the debates on the politics of recognition.