Synopses & Reviews
Stereotyping stands in need of serious re-appraisal. This book provides a critical assessment of the concept and its use in the social sciences, considering its theoretical basis and historical development and linking these closely to the concept of the "Other". As the first sustained book-length treatment of stereotyping in either sociology or media and cultural studies, the text embraces such key topics as nationalism and national identity, gender, racism and imperialism, normality and social order, and the figure of the stranger in the modern city. It is interdisciplinary, moving between sociology, social psychology, cultural history, psychoanalysis, and postcolonial theory, and offers an indispensable examination of the roots of prejudice and bigotry in modern societies.
Review
"Pickering presents it with concision and clarity..." --
Choice
About the Author
Michael Pickering is Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies, Loughborough University.
Table of Contents
The Concept of the Stereotype * The Dilemma of Stereotyping * The Concept of the Other * The Politics of Belonging * The Politics of Not Belonging * The Politics of Postcolonial Critique * The Sociology of Censure * The Sociology of the Stranger