Skip to main content
Presented to you through Paradigm Publishing Services

University of California Press

Visit our Partner Page See all our books
Chapter
Licensed
Unlicensed Requires Authentication

3· "Who Are Our Own People?": Challenges for a Theory of Social Identity

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction: Reclaiming Identity 1
  5. THE REALIST THEORY OF IDENTITY AND THE PREDICAMENT OF POSTMODERNISM
  6. 1. The Epistemic Status of Cultural Identity: On Beloved and the Postcolonial Condition 29
  7. 2. Postmodernism, "Realism," and the Politics of Identity: Cherríe Moraga and Chicana Feminism 67
  8. 3· "Who Are Our Own People?": Challenges for a Theory of Social Identity 102
  9. POSTPOSITIVIST OBJECTIVITY: USES OF ERROR, VALUES, AND IDENTITY
  10. 4. On Representing Others: Intellectuals, Pedagogy, and the Uses of Error 133
  11. 5. "It Matters to Get the Facts Straight": Joy Kogawa, Realism, and Objectivity of Values 171
  12. 6. Racial Authenticity and White Separatism: The Future of Racial Program Housing on College Campuses 205
  13. REALIST CONCEPTIONS OF AGENCY, EXPERIENCE, AND IDENTITY
  14. 7. Who Says Who Says?: The Epistemological Grounds for Agency in Liberatory Political Projects 229
  15. 8. Is There Something You Need to Tell Me?: Coming Out and the Ambiguity of Experience 251
  16. 9. Reading "Experience": The Debate in Intellectual History among Scott, Toews, and LaCapra 279
  17. 10. Who's Afraid of Identity Politics? 312
  18. Contributors 345
  19. Index 347
Reclaiming Identity
This chapter is in the book Reclaiming Identity
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520924949-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction: Reclaiming Identity 1
  5. THE REALIST THEORY OF IDENTITY AND THE PREDICAMENT OF POSTMODERNISM
  6. 1. The Epistemic Status of Cultural Identity: On Beloved and the Postcolonial Condition 29
  7. 2. Postmodernism, "Realism," and the Politics of Identity: Cherríe Moraga and Chicana Feminism 67
  8. 3· "Who Are Our Own People?": Challenges for a Theory of Social Identity 102
  9. POSTPOSITIVIST OBJECTIVITY: USES OF ERROR, VALUES, AND IDENTITY
  10. 4. On Representing Others: Intellectuals, Pedagogy, and the Uses of Error 133
  11. 5. "It Matters to Get the Facts Straight": Joy Kogawa, Realism, and Objectivity of Values 171
  12. 6. Racial Authenticity and White Separatism: The Future of Racial Program Housing on College Campuses 205
  13. REALIST CONCEPTIONS OF AGENCY, EXPERIENCE, AND IDENTITY
  14. 7. Who Says Who Says?: The Epistemological Grounds for Agency in Liberatory Political Projects 229
  15. 8. Is There Something You Need to Tell Me?: Coming Out and the Ambiguity of Experience 251
  16. 9. Reading "Experience": The Debate in Intellectual History among Scott, Toews, and LaCapra 279
  17. 10. Who's Afraid of Identity Politics? 312
  18. Contributors 345
  19. Index 347
Downloaded on 24.4.2026 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1525/9780520924949-005/html?lang=en
Scroll to top button