Editor's Introduction by Anthony Elliott Part 1: Theories of Identity 1. A History of Identity: The Riddle at the Heart of the Mystery of Life by Charles Lemert 2. Historical and Intellectual Development of Topic by Ann Branaman 3. Identity after Psychoanalysis by Stephen Frosh 4. Foucaultian Approaches to the Self by Gavin Kendall 5. The Fragmentation of Identity: Post-structuralist and Postmodern Theories by Sam Han 6. Reflexive Identities by Daniel Chaffee 7. Individualization by Cosmo Howard 8. New Identities, New Individualism by Eric L. Hsu Part 2: The Analysis of Identity 9. Transformations of Working Identities: Labour and the Self by Daniel Mendelson 10. Identity, Race and Ethnicity by Anthony Moran 11. Gendered Identities by Mary Holmes 12. Media and Identity by Nick Stevenson 13. Virtual Identities: From Decentred to Distributed Selves by Sam Han 14. Consumer Identities by Roberta Sassatelli 15. Identity, Mortality and Death by Tamara Waraschinski and Charles Lemert Part 3: Identity-politics and its Consequences 16. Sexual Identity Politics: Activism from Gay to Queer and Beyond by Mark Casey 17. Environmentalism and Identity Politics by Eileen M. McGurty 18. Black Freedom Struggles and African American Identity by David Stein 19. The Politics of Islamic Identities by Sundas Ali 20. Indigenous Identities: From Colonialism to Post-Colonialismby Anthony Moran 21. Anti-Globalization and Resistance Identities by Catherine Eschle 22. Identity-Politics in the Global Age by Giogrio Shani