Democratic Self-transformations: Identity, Performance, and the Politics of Becoming

Democratic Self-transformations Identity, Performance, and the Politics of Becoming

Our selves are characterized by inner multiplicity (Elster 1986). Our raced, classed, gendered, and sexed identities are intersectional (Crenshaw 1991; Wojciechowska 2019). Depending on the context and our state of mind, we are parents, employees, dancers, slackers, victims, perpetrators, players, h...

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Published in:Democratic theory (Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)) Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors: Asenbaum, Hans, Meriluoto, Taina
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Berghahn Books, Inc 01-12-2023
Subjects:
Ethnic identity
Intersectionality
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Summary:Our selves are characterized by inner multiplicity (Elster 1986). Our raced, classed, gendered, and sexed identities are intersectional (Crenshaw 1991; Wojciechowska 2019). Depending on the context and our state of mind, we are parents, employees, dancers, slackers, victims, perpetrators, players, hosts, explorers, altruists, or egoists. We are all these things at once and consecutively. We change and grow. Our identities are never permanent but always in motion, being transformed through our performative engagements (Lloyd 2005). We are constantly becoming.
ISSN:2332-8894
2332-8908
DOI:10.3167/dt.2023.100201