Institutional Selves - Troubled Identities in a Postmodern World (Paperback)


Institutional Selves highlights the process of self construction in a wide variety of institutional settings that contend with social and personal troubles. These organisations are virtually in the business of constructing the selves they need to do their work. From the victims and villains of televison talk shows, to battered women in support groups, to the violent selves of prison inmates, the book illustrates how selves are organizationally informed and structured in today's world.

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Institutional Selves highlights the process of self construction in a wide variety of institutional settings that contend with social and personal troubles. These organisations are virtually in the business of constructing the selves they need to do their work. From the victims and villains of televison talk shows, to battered women in support groups, to the violent selves of prison inmates, the book illustrates how selves are organizationally informed and structured in today's world.

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Imprint

Oxford UniversityPress

Country of origin

United States

Release date

August 2000

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

August 2000

Editors

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Dimensions

234 x 154 x 11mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

208

ISBN-13

978-0-19-512928-1

Barcode

9780195129281

Categories

LSN

0-19-512928-8



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