Wayne H. Brekhus is Professor of Sociology at the University of Missouri.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Sociological Approaches to Identity
2 Beyond the Individual: Collective Identities
3 Performing Authenticity: Negotiating the Symbolic Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion
4 Multidimensionality, Intersectionality, and Power: Identity and Social Inequalities
5 Mobility and Fluidity: The Omni-Contextual Nature of Identity
Conclusion
References
Index