Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The SAGE Handbook of Human Geography |
Subtitle of host publication | Two Volume Set |
Editors | Roger Lee, Noel Castree, Rob Kitchin, Victoria Lawson, Anssi Paasi, Chris Philo, Sarah Ratcliffe, Susan M. Roberts, Charles W. J. Withers |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
Publisher | SAGE Publications Ltd |
Chapter | 28 |
Pages | 627-648 |
Number of pages | 22 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781446247617 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780857022486 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
The idea of identity tends to take us towards closure. To identify something/someone, or to be so identified, means to delineate and define, to pin down what/who this thing is.