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identity politics

n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

Political attitudes or positions that focus on the concerns of social groups identified mainly on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation: "However, identity politics, whether in the guise of nationalism, feminism, or some other form of political expression is on the defensive these days" (Clarence Lusane).

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No references found			Among their topics are lesbian narratives of gender, ethnographic research into intersexuality, transpeople's intimate partnerships and the limits of identity politics, contesting the astronaut as a masculine idea in Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff, embracing victim status in German memorial debates, the 1930 silent film Borderline, gay men and Nazi fetishism, and textual constructions of the new Indian woman. Bound and unbound; interdisciplinary approaches to genders and ... by Reference & Research Book News “I rarely discuss these facets of my character because I don't practice identity politics. Longtime Mass. Senator Comes Out Gay by Staff / On Top Magazine 95 Queerness, removed from the identity politics that reduce us to static categories, is difficult to embody. Undercurrents: queer culture and postcolonial Hong Kong by Comeau, Patty / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide			identifiably identification identification card identification friend or foe personal identifier identification maneuver identification number identification parade identification particle identification, friend or foe identified identifier identify identifying Identikit Identikit picture Identism identity identity card identity crisis identity disc identity element identity function identity matrix identity operator identity parade identity politics identity sign identity theft identity theory identity verification ideo- Ideo-motion Ideo-motor Ideogenical Ideogeny ideogram ideograph ideographic ideographically Ideographics ideography ideologic ideological ideological barrier ideologically ideologist ideologue ideology ideomotor ides idesia			Identity Manager Identity Mangement Identity mapping Identity mapping identity matrices identity matrices identity matrix identity matrix Identity Metasystem Identity morphism Identity of indiscernibles Identity of indiscernibles Identity of Interest Identity of Key Distribution Center Identity of Key for Authentication Identity of Key to Be Discontinued Identity of Ultimate Recipient Identity operation Identity operation Identity operation Identity operation identity operations identity operations identity operations identity operations identity operator identity operator Identity papers Identity parade identity parades identity politics Identity Preserved Agricultural Products Identity Preserved Grain Identity Property of Addition Identity Property of Addition Identity Property of Addition Identity Property of Addition Identity Protection and Management Senior Coordinating Group Identity Protection Center Identity Protection Consultants, LLC Identity Protection Program Identity Protection Technology Identity Provider Identity Provider Identity Quality Assurance identity selector Identity Service Interface Specifications identity sign Identity symmetry operator Identity symmetry operator identity system identity theft identity theft identity theft identity theft identity theft Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998 Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998 Identity Theft Assistance Center Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act

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