Critical Readings in Social Psychology

Critical Readings in Social Psychology brings a fresh approach to the study of key topics in social psychology by contrasting classic and contemporary readings in core social psychological areas. Each chapter author presents contrasting approaches to a particular topic through the inclusion of two or three extracts from previously published texts that have been influential in shaping social psychological ideas. These extracts are supported by the author's commentary, which illuminates the part that debate and criticism play in the ways that social psychology continues to change and develop. The result is a clear and stimulating collection on seven key topics in social psychology:<ul>
<li>Close relationships </li>
<li> Attitudes </li>
<li> Attribution </li>
<li> Intragroup processes </li>
<li> Intergroup processes </li>
<li> Conformity </li>
<li> Individual differences </li>
</ul> A combination of textbook and reader, this book is designed specifically for social psychology students. It also provides an accessible set of teaching materials for coverage of the major topics in contemporary social psychology detailed in the British Psychological Society curriculum guidelines.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Langdridge,Darren

Taylor,Stephanie

Psychology & Counseling

Open University Press

Critical Readings in Social Psychology brings a fresh approach to the study of key topics in social psychology by contrasting classic and contemporary readings in core social psychological areas. Each chapter author presents contrasting approaches to a particular topic through the inclusion of two or three extracts from previously published texts that have been influential in shaping social psychological ideas. These extracts are supported by the author's commentary, which illuminates the part that debate and criticism play in the ways that social psychology continues to change and develop. The result is a clear and stimulating collection on seven key topics in social psychology:
<ul>
<li>Close relationships </li>
<li> Attitudes </li>
<li> Attribution </li>
<li> Intragroup processes </li>
<li> Intergroup processes </li>
<li> Conformity </li>
<li> Individual differences </li>
</ul> A combination of textbook and reader, this book is designed specifically for social psychology students. It also provides an accessible set of teaching materials for coverage of the major topics in contemporary social psychology detailed in the British Psychological Society curriculum guidelines.

Narratives Of Identity And Place

Changes of residence are common in contemporary Western societies. Traditional connections to birthplaces, home towns and countries are broken as people relocate and migrate, yet where they live remains significant to people’s identity and stories of who they are. This book investigates the continuing importance of place for women’s identities, employing a theoretical and empirical approach based on previous work in narrative and discursive psychology. Through an analysis of women’s talk, the book examines how commonsense meanings shape and limit people’s identity-work to establish a connection to place. It argues that talk about place, and especially place of residence, enables a complex positioning of self and others in which identities of gender, class and national identity intersect. It shows how a speaker’s multiple interpretations of where she lives remain central to her life narrative, and to her fragile and idealized definition of ‘home’ as the place in which she may position herself positively. Narratives of Identity and Place presents a unique and valuable integration of the popular methods of narrative and discourse analysis, compellingly demonstrating the value of these approaches for research on identity.

Narratives of Identity and Place

Routledge

This book explores the changing meanings of place for our identities and life stories in the 21st century, using an empirical approach developed in narrative and discursive psychology.

I have a secret. I am mad. Not crazy or bonkers or daft. Just mad. You wouldn’t know it to look at me or talk to me or even be in a loving long-term relationship with me, but I can assure you, I have the darkness...  This is the story of a young woman's turmoil as she descends into mental health chaos.  Keeping a secret of her pain and self-harming is taking its toll on Lauren. She finally feels like she might be brave enough to confide in her mother, who reveals a devastating secret of her own. Pushing her own problems deep back inside, Lauren braces herself for battle…  "I was overwhelmed by this book. It's raw, and honest and gut wrenching. And at the same time, it's funny, full of pathos and so cleverly, bravely, exquisitely written. The style is so fresh, so seamless, I can't image the work that went into turning this so personal story into such a perfect work of fiction, of entertainment. Little snatches of life, little moments crafted out of pain and experience and truth into something cinematic, gripping. I loved it, even while being upset by it, being overawed by the courage and talent of the author. I finished it in a flash, and had to order it for a friend of mine far away."  Jo - Reader review  "This book is simply exquisite, there are no other words for it. Beautifully, carefully, seamlessly written in a unique style it made me laugh and cry and pulled out a hundred emotions in-between. If you enjoy a book that's real and raw and honest then try this, it's a brave subject matter, the plot is character led and it's one of those stories that will stay with me for years to come. Ms Taylor has certainly used words to their maximum effect." Reader review  "An accomplished and impeccably penned narrative. S Taylor is a brilliant tour-guide through difficult and challenging human territory. By the time you have read this novel you will emerge more human than you were when you went in. And this is the litmus test of all literature."  Christopher Rush

The Device, the Devil and Me

Literature & Fiction

Literary

The Linen Press

An anthology of art, essay, policy and history about water in California.

Water: More or Less 2018: An anthology of history, art and essay

Science & Math

Sudman, Rita Schmidt

Earth Sciences

Pentimento Press

In November 2018, a wildfire struck Butte County, a Northern Californian foothill town 90 miles north of Sacramento. The loss was catastrophic and unprecedented. "Simple Objects: An Excavation" is a collaboration between artist, Stephanie Taylor, and writer, Christy Heron-Clark, who were both born in the area. Together, they visit Christy’s two adjacent family homes to find objects that might have survived. While Christy responds to these simple objects with what she remembers, Stephanie ponders each as it exists now, transformed and mutilated. This is a story about what we retain when we lose, and how we can move forward with resilience. This might be a story about California. “The tragic Paradise fire left a once beautiful town in utter shambles blanketed in sorrow. Stephanie Taylor, one of northern California’s finest artists, visited Paradise following the inferno with Christy Heron-Clark, whose childhood homes were destroyed by the fire. There, Taylor saw something in the blackened ruins that only a person of her creativity could visualize and embarked on an artistic collaboration with Heron-Clark. Charred common place objects like a pair of eyeglasses fused into its protective case, a hammer head without its handle, hub caps, shattered glass, and blackened fishing flies have taken on a new life of unparalleled beauty and uncommon expression.I had the pleasure of visiting Taylor’s studio where I saw the photographs that she had produced and the mesmerizing drawings she had created using charcoal from burnt Paradise lumber. It gave me both a hollow feeling contrasted with utter astonishment over her genius in conceiving of this exhibit.”Gary F. Kurutz, Curator Emeritus, California State LibraryPast Library Director of the California Historical Society Former Curator of Photography at the Huntington Library

Simple Objects: An Excavation

Arts & Photography

Heron-Clark, Christy

Photography & Video

Polish the Stars: Christmas Key Book Seven

Genre Fiction

Independently published

Gender and Creative Labour presents a collection of readings that reflect the latest research related to employment positions in a range of creative industries to show the gender implications of creative labour under contemporary neoliberal economic policies.   Features contributions from a range of international experts Includes studies from the US, UK, Oceania and Europe Reveals the implications of contemporary femininities and masculinities for the precarious employment created under neoliberalism Addresses the additional burdens that women face in creative occupations 

Gender and Creative Labour (Sociological Review Monographs)

Business & Money

Gill, Rosalind

Conor, Bridget

Economics

Wiley/Blackwell

Contemporary Identities of Creativity and Creative Work

Creative workers have been celebrated internationally for their flexibility in new labour markets centred on culture, creativity and, most recently, innovation. This book draws on research with novice and established workers in a range of specializations in order to explore the meanings, aspirations and practical difficulties associated with a creative identification. It investigates the difficulties and attractions of creative work as a personalized, affect-laden project of self-making, perpetually open and oriented to possibility, uncertain in its trajectory or rewards. Employing a cross-disciplinary methodology and analytic approach, the book investigates the new cultural meanings in play around a creative career. It shows how classic ideals of design and the creative arts, re-interpreted and promoted within contemporary art schools, validate the lived experience of precarious working in the global sectors of the creative and cultural industries, yet also contribute to its conflicts. 'Contemporary Identities of Creativity and Creative Work' presents a distinctive study and original findings which make it essential reading for social scientists, including social psychologists, with an interest in cultural and media studies, creativity, identity, work and contemporary careers.

Politics & Social Sciences

Littleton, Karen

Social Sciences

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