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From: Roushanthi Sivanesan <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, 29 October 2014 10:18
Subject: Book Launch: Understanding the Constructions of Identities by Young New Europeans: Kaleidoscopic Selves by Prof. Alistair Ross, IPSE, London Metropolitan UniversityCopyright in this email and in any attachments belongs to London South Bank University. This email, and its attachments if any, may be confidential or legally privileged and is intended to be seen only by the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please note the following: (1) You should take immediate action to notify the sender and delete the original email and all copies from your computer systems; (2) You should not read copy or use the contents of the email nor disclose it or its existence to anyone else. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and should not be taken as those of London South Bank University, unless this is specifically stated. London South Bank University is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales. The following details apply to London South Bank University: Company number - 00986761; Registered office and trading address - 103 Borough Road London SE1 0AA; VAT number - 778 1116 17 Email address - [log in to unmask]*******************APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING****************Dear AllYou are invited to the publication launch of
Understanding the Constructions of Identities by Young New Europeans: Kaleidoscopic Selves
Routledge
ISBN-10: 0415707404
ISBN-13: 978-0415707404
By Alistair Ross, IPSE, London Metropolitan University
On Tuesday 4th November from 6.00 pm – 8.00pm
Room TMG – 79 Red Zone
London Metropolitan University, 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7
Launch review by Professor John Gabriel, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Chaired by Professor Carole Leathwood, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies in Education
This book is about how young people construct their identities in the complexity of their own country, belonging to the European Union, and being part of global society. It is based on a unique empirical study of a thousand young people, aged between eleven and nineteen, from fifteen European countries. Covering East European states that joined the EU between 2004 and 2008, and the candidate states of Macedonia, Turkey, Iceland and Croatia, the complex interwoven narratives of young Europeans present an intricate and intriguing analysis of how identities are constructed.
Alistair Ross offers a significant original contribution to the literature on identities, providing a wealth of cross-national data and a wide range of significant theoretical possibilities across a group of related disciplinary areas. Fluid narratives of the self are shown to constitute a rich pattern that varies and modifies as it is seen through the different lenses of national culture, European institutions, and of outsiders.
This book explains how young people frame their identities, drawing on discourses of culture and society and constructing them through interchanges with friends, family and the media. It will be of interest to academics and researchers in the fields of political sociology, education, European studies, and ethnicity and identity studies.
Alistair Ross is Emeritus Professor of Education at London Metropolitan University, UK, and Jean Monnet Professor of Citizenship Education in Europe
Those attending the launch will get a 20% discount voucher for the book
The launch will be followed by drinks and refreshments
Roushanthi Sivanesan
Research Office Manager, IPSERoom TM 1-53Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
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