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In Print
MacDonald, G., Leary, M. R., & Tangney, J. P. (2002).Handbook of self and identity. New York: Guilford.
A collection of essays addressing a wide range of issues related to the self, self-concept, and identity.
Sedaris, D. (2004). Dress your family in corduroy and denim. New York: Little, Brown, and Company.
A collection of autobiographical essays that provides a satirical recounting of relationships within the author's family over the course of his life. Themes of self-concept, identity, and identity negotiation surface throughout the book.
On the Web
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2895622&page=1
An interview with Chef Jeff Hendersen, in which he describes how he remade himself from a cocaine dealer to the executive chef at one of Las Vegas's best restaurants.
http://www.psych.neu.edu/ISSI/index.html
The official website of the International Society for Self and Identity, a scholarly association promoting the scientific study of the self.
On Film
Siegel, T., & Conquergood, D. (Directors). (1990). [Video]. Heart broken in half: Chicago's street gangs. United States: Filmmakers Library.
A documentary based on Dwight Conquergood's ethnographic study of the underground culture of street gangs in Chicago. The video reveals the symbols and rituals that give flesh to the communal identity of these urban youths.
Eastwood, C. (Director). (2007). Flags of our fathers [Motion picture]. United States: Paramount Pictures.
A film about the three soldiers who are depicted in the famous photograph raising the American flag at Iwojima. When the soldiers return to the United States, they are cast in the role of heroes. The men, however, are tormented with grief over their actions during the war, and they try to reject the heroic identity that has been thrust upon them.