Social Psychology: Identities and Relationships

Product Details:
Author(s):
Duncan, N and
Ratele, K
Year Published:
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Type:
Print | Soft Cover
Language:
English
About this publication
Using current socio-political thought and research, the authors of Social Psychology – Identities and Relationships examine topics such as violence, social and political transition, race and racism, and sexualities. Identities and interpersonal relationships are used as ordering themes to create a book that is truly distinctive.
Theoretical and empirical research is related to topical problems, highlighting the complex relations of individuals to their societies and to one another. The histories and complexities of problems and their interconnectedness are examined, and possible solutions are suggested. Special attention is paid to class, sexuality, gender and race, making psychology in general, and social psychology in particular, relevant and exciting.
Key Features
Invites the reader to explore a new understanding of social psychology
Provides a critical discussion of identities and relationships
Encourages critical discussion of concepts, theories and research
Offers insights into social psychology in diverse community contexts
Analyses the interrelationship of knowledge and power
Enhances engagement with social psychology by providing definitions, fascinating additional material in text boxes, and exercises for critical analysis
Content
Part 1: Contents and Concepts
Introduction: A Psychology of a Society
Social Psychology and Research Methods
Part 2: Race, Racism and Identities
Racism: A Social Psychological Perspective
Race, Racism and the Media
Bodies and Apartheid
Frantz Fanon and Racial Identity in Post-Colonial Contexts
Black Adolescent Identity During and After Apartheid
Identity Dynamics and the Politics of Self-Definition
Part 3: Intimacy, Inequality and Gendered Violence
Women Abuse: A Critical Review
Gender Inequality, Family Relations and Passion Crime
Black Women’s Identities
‘Mixed’ Relations
Part 4: Sexualities and Masculinities: Histories and Future Possibilities
Lesbianism
Heterosexuality
Historical Representations of ‘Race’, Masculinity and Homosexuality
Part 5: Psychology and the Political, the Social and Leadership
Political Leadership in the Context of Reconciliation
Street Life and the Construction of Social Problems
Understanding and Preventing Violence
Interest / Benefit to
This text provides an interdisciplinary focus for students and scholars of social psychology, human behaviour and gender studies.