Identity Complex: Making the Case for Multiplicity

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Identity Complex This page intentionally left blank Identity Complex Making the Case for Multiplicity Michael Hames-García University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London The University of Minnesota Press gratefully acknowledges financial support provided for the publication of this book from the Oregon Humanities Center and the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon. Portions of an early version of chapter 1 were published as “Who Are Our Own People? Challenges for a Theory of Social Identity,” in Reclaiming Identity: Realist Theory and the Predicament of Postmodernism, ed. Paula M. L. Moya and Michael Hames-García, 102–29 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000). Portions of an early version of chapter 2 were published as “How Real Is Race?” in Material Feminisms, ed. Stacy Alaimo and Susan Hekman, 308–39 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008). Portions of an early version of chapter 3 were published as “What’s at Stake in ‘Gay’ Identities,” in Identity Politics Reconsidered, ed. Linda Martín Alcoff, Michael Hames-García, Satya Mohanty, and Paula M. L. Moya, 78–96 (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006). Copyright 2011 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying , recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hames-García, Michael Roy. Identity complex : making the case for multiplicity / Michael Hames-García. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8166-4985-3 (hc : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-8166-4986-0 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Group identity. 2. Identity (Philosophical concept). 3. Race awareness. 4. Gender identity. 5. Prisons—United States. I. Title. HM753.H36 2011 305—dc22 2010049335 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Ernesto Martínez This page intentionally left blank ...