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In our increasingly complex, globalized world, people often carry conflicting psychosocial identities. This volume considers individuals who are navigating across racial minority or majority status, various cultural expectations and values, gender identities, and roles. The authors explore how people bridge loyalties and identifications.

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Although questionnaires routinely ask people to check boxes indicating if they are, for example, male or female, black or white, Hispanic or American, many people do not fit neatly into one category or another. Identity is increasingly organized multiply and may encompass additional categories beyond those that appear on demographic questionnaires. In addition, identities are often fluid and context-dependent, depending on the external social factors that invitetheir emergence. Identity is constantly evolving in light of changing environments, but people are often uncomfortably fixed with societal labels that they must include or resist in their individualidentity definition.In our increasingly complex, globalized world, many people carry conflicting psychosocial identities. They live at the edges of more than one communal affiliation, with the challenge of bridging different loyalties and identifications. Navigating Multiple Identities considers those who are navigating across racial minority or majority status, various cultural expectations and values, gender identities, and roles. The chapters collected here byJosselson and Harway explore the ways in which individuals attain or maintain personal integration in the face of often shifting personal or social locations, and how they navigate the complexity of theirmultiple identities.

Author Biography

Ruthellen Josselson is Professor in the School of Psychology at Fielding Graduate University. She is also a psychotherapist in private practice and Co-Director of the Irvin D. Yalom Institute for Psychotherapy. Dr. Josselson was formerly Professor of Psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Visiting Professor at Harvard University, and Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University. She has published many articles about narrative research as a form of inquiry,and she co-edited eleven volumes of The Narrative Study of Lives series. She is a founder of the Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology. Her research focuses on women's identity and on humanrelationships. She has received the Henry A. Murray Award and the Theodore R. Sarbin Award from the American Psychological Association, as well as a Fulbright Fellowship.Michele Harway is Professor in the School of Psychology at Fielding Graduate University. She is the founding chair of the clinical psychology doctoral program at Antioch University, and until recently, a member of its core faculty. She also maintains a small private practice in Westlake Village, California, where she specializes in couples and family psychology and working with trauma survivors. She is board certified in Couples and Family Psychology (American Board of Professional Psychology).Dr. Harway has authored or edited ten books and many book chapters and journal articles, and has presented at numerous professional conferences on couples therapy, cultural issues, domestic violence,trauma survival, and gender and family issues. Active in several divisions of the American Psychological Association (APA), she is a fellow of four divisions, a former president of Division 43 (Family Psychology), former treasurer of Division 51 (Men and Masculinity), and current representative to APA's Council of Representatives from Division 43. Dr. Harway is bilingual and bicultural, has worked and lived overseas, and maintains an interest in international issues.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1The Challenges of Multiple IdentityRuthellen Josselson and Michele HarwayChapter 2Multiple Identities and Their OrganizationGary S. GreggChapter 3The "We of Me": Barack Obama's Search for IdentityRuthellen JosselsonChapter 4The Varieties of the Masculine ExperienceKate A. Richmond, Ronald F. Levant, and Shamin C. J. LadhaniChapter 5Growing Up Bicultural in the United States: The Case of Japanese-AmericansJames Fuji CollinsChapter 6The Multiple Identities of Feminist Women of Color: Creating a New Feminism?Janis Sanchez-Hucles, Alex Dryden, and Barbara WinsteadChapter 7The Multiple Identities of Transgender Individuals: Incorporating a Framework of Intersectionality to Gender CrossingTheodore R. Burnes and Mindy ChenChapter 8A Garden for Many IdentitiesSuzanne OuelletteChapter 9"I Am More (Than Just) Black": Contesting Multiplicity Through Conferring and Asserting Singularity in Narratives of BlacknessSiyanda NdlovuChapter 10Identities in the First Person Plural: Muslim-Jewish Couples in FranceBrian Schiff, Mathilde Toulemonde, and Carolina PortoChapter 11Identity Wounds: Multiple Identities and Intersectional Theory in the Context of MulticulturalismMichal Krumer-Nevo and Menny MalkaChapter 12Evaluation of Cultural and Linguistic Practices: Constructing Finnish-German Identities in Narrative Research InterviewsSara HelsigChapter 13"Because I'm Neither Gringa nor Latina": Conceptualizing Multiple Identities Within Transnational Social FieldsDebora Upegui-Hernandez

Review

"The questions of 'Who am I?', 'Who am I to be?', and 'How do I fit in?' can occupy a lifetime as a person inhabits different environments and an ever-changing body, and confronts shifting social contexts throughout the lifespan. The task of integrating multiple, and sometimes contradictory, self-representations is a greater challenge for some persons than for others. This book furnishes lively portrayals of individuals struggling to fashion wholes out of oftenmismatching parts. Because mere societal categorization is usually based upon a 'lowest common denominator' approach - one is either this or that (male or female, white or black) - it is left to theindividual to struggle to fashion a sense of self that assimilates and accommodates to disparate possibilities. This book illustrates how this synthetic process can be growth-producing, despair-inducing, and self-renewing, as each new integration presents its own challenges." -- James Marcia, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Simon Fras"Ruthellen Josselson and Michele Harway have made a very significant contribution to our understanding of multiple identities through this book. They bring together international scholars to advance multicultural studies and a deeper appreciation and celebration of human diversity in our ever changing, multicultural world." -- James M. O'Neil, Professor of Educational Psychology and Family Studies, University of Connecticut"This volume breaks entirely new ground in the understanding of how individuals with a diversity of identity elements may come to hold, and at times integrate, these dimensions into a coherent sense of self. Engaging, reflective, and, insightful, this book presents a powerful array of chapters that should serve as a foundation for researchers and practitioners alike who are attempting to chart and respond to diversity in identity development."-- Jane Kroger,Professor Emeritus, University of Tromsø, and Research Associate, Western Washington University"This book provides superb insights into the phenomenon of multiple identities. It shows in a convincing way how multiplicity has the potential to contribute to self-richness and self-integration. I strongly recommend it to any psychologist or social scientist who is interested in how people organize their selves and identities as part of a globalizing society." -- Hubert Hermans, Scientific Director of the International Institute for the Dialogical Self"An exciting new book on the intersectionality of multiple identities, this edited volume challenges the old assumptions of psychology and society that tend to categorize identity singularly or dichotomously. This book explores the more realistic process of how persons navigate a variety of socially-constructed, intersecting identities in a myriad of settings and circumstances. It focuses on theoretical frameworks, rich narrative examples, and applications indiscussing ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, race, and other variables. This book is a must-read for students, clinicians, and researchers." -- Roberta L. Nutt, Visiting Professor and TrainingDirector, Counseling Psychology Program, University of Houston

Long Description

Although questionnaires routinely ask people to check boxes indicating if they are, for example, male or female, black or white, Hispanic or American, many people do not fit neatly into one category or another. Identity is increasingly organized multiply and may encompass additional categories beyond those that appear on demographic questionnaires. In addition, identities are often fluid and context-dependent, depending on the external social factors that invitetheir emergence. Identity is constantly evolving in light of changing environments, but people are often uncomfortably fixed with societal labels that they must include or resist in their individual identity definition.In our increasingly complex, globalized world, many peoplecarry conflicting psychosocial identities. They live at the edges of more than one communal affiliation, with the challenge of bridging different loyalties and identifications. Navigating Multiple Identities considers those who are navigating across racial minority or majority status, various cultural expectations and values, gender identities, and roles. The chapters collected here by Josselson and Harway explore the ways in which individuals attain ormaintain personal integration in the face of often shifting personal or social locations, and how they navigate the complexity of their multiple identities.

Review Text

"The questions of 'Who am I?', 'Who am I to be?', and 'How do I fit in?' can occupy a lifetime as a person inhabits different environments and an ever-changing body, and confronts shifting social contexts throughout the lifespan. The task of integrating multiple, and sometimes contradictory, self-representations is a greater challenge for some persons than for others. This book furnishes lively portrayals of individuals struggling to fashion wholes out of oftenmismatching parts. Because mere societal categorization is usually based upon a 'lowest common denominator' approach - one is either this or that (male or female, white or black) - it is left to the individual to struggle to fashion a sense of self that assimilates and accommodates to disparatepossibilities. This book illustrates how this synthetic process can be growth-producing, despair-inducing, and self-renewing, as each new integration presents its own challenges." -- James Marcia, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Simon Fras"Ruthellen Josselson and Michele Harway have made a very significant contribution to our understanding of multiple identities through this book. They bring together international scholars to advance multicultural studies and a deeper appreciation and celebration of human diversity in our ever changing, multicultural world." -- James M. O'Neil, Professor of Educational Psychology and Family Studies, University of Connecticut"This volume breaks entirely new ground in the understanding of how individuals with a diversity of identity elements may come to hold, and at times integrate, these dimensions into a coherent sense of self. Engaging, reflective, and, insightful, this book presents a powerful array of chapters that should serve as a foundation for researchers and practitioners alike who are attempting to chart and respond to diversity in identity development."-- Jane Kroger,Professor Emeritus, University of Tromsø, and Research Associate, Western Washington University"This book provides superb insights into the phenomenon of multiple identities. It shows in a convincing way how multiplicity has the potential to contribute to self-richness and self-integration. I strongly recommend it to any psychologist or social scientist who is interested in how people organize their selves and identities as part of a globalizing society." -- Hubert Hermans, Scientific Director of the International Institute for the Dialogical Self"An exciting new book on the intersectionality of multiple identities, this edited volume challenges the old assumptions of psychology and society that tend to categorize identity singularly or dichotomously. This book explores the more realistic process of how persons navigate a variety of socially-constructed, intersecting identities in a myriad of settings and circumstances. It focuses on theoretical frameworks, rich narrative examples, and applications indiscussing ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, race, and other variables. This book is a must-read for students, clinicians, and researchers." -- Roberta L. Nutt, Visiting Professor and Training Director, Counseling Psychology Program, University of Houston

Review Quote

"The questions of 'Who am I?', 'Who am I to be?', and 'How do I fit in?' can occupy a lifetime as a person inhabits different environments and an ever-changing body, and confronts shifting social contexts throughout the lifespan. The task of integrating multiple, and sometimes contradictory, self-representations is a greater challenge for some persons than for others. This book furnishes lively portrayals of individuals struggling to fashion wholes out of often mismatching parts. Because mere societal categorization is usually based upon a 'lowest common denominator' approach - one is either this or that (male or female, white or black) - it is left to the individual to struggle to fashion a sense of self that assimilates and accommodates to disparate possibilities. This book illustrates how this synthetic process can be growth-producing, despair-inducing, and self-renewing, as each new integration presents its own challenges." -- James Marcia, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Simon Fras "Ruthellen Josselson and Michele Harway have made a very significant contribution to our understanding of multiple identities through this book. They bring together international scholars to advance multicultural studies and a deeper appreciation and celebration of human diversity in our ever changing, multicultural world." -- James M. O'Neil, Professor of Educational Psychology and Family Studies, University of Connecticut "This volume breaks entirely new ground in the understanding of how individuals with a diversity of identity elements may come to hold, and at times integrate, these dimensions into a coherent sense of self. Engaging, reflective, and, insightful, this book presents a powerful array of chapters that should serve as a foundation for researchers and practitioners alike who are attempting to chart and respond to diversity in identity development."-- Jane Kroger, Professor Emeritus, University of Troms

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Selling point: Discusses different forms of identity, beyond race and ethnicitySelling point: Incorporates international perspectives

Details ISBN0199732078 Pages 288 Year 2012 ISBN-10 0199732078 ISBN-13 9780199732074 Format Paperback Subtitle Race, Gender, Culture, Nationality, and Roles Edited by Ruthellen Josselson DEWEY 305 Illustrations Illustrations Short Title NAVIGATING MULTIPLE IDENTITIES Language English Media Book Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States UK Release Date 2012-04-19 Publication Date 2012-04-19 AU Release Date 2012-04-19 NZ Release Date 2012-04-19 US Release Date 2012-04-19 Affiliation Professor, School of Psychology at Fielding Graduate University Qualifications 1888-1972 Birth 1916 Death 1990 Position Department of Political Science Author Michele Harway Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this

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