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"Identity theory" as a book category collects works that examine what makes an individual or group who they are—philosophically, psychologically, culturally and politically. It includes philosophical discussions of personal and metaphysical identity, psychological and developmental studies of selfhood, sociological and cultural analyses of race, gender, nationality and intersectionality, memoirs and literary explorations of self-discovery or transformation, and critical theory on recognition, belonging and identity politics. Books in this category tend to probe how identities are formed, maintained, narrated and contested, the role of memory and narrative in self-conception, and the social structures that enable or constrain self-expression. Suitable for readers interested in deep questions about personhood, difference, agency and the social forces shaping who we become.

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