Emilia Parpala 
Signs of Identity 
Literary Constructs and Discursive Practices

This volume conceives of identity constructs in a broader semiotic way, specifically within a communicational and comparative perspective. This implies a rethinking of "identity" in terms of the relationship between an individual’s "way of being" and performativity.The contributions here cover a variety of pre-texts, texts and contexts, periods and genres, from Medieval clothing to multicultural discourse, and from modern poetry to postcolonial narratives, among others. Integrating research from Germany, Greece, Iraq and Romania, this collection of fifteen chapters will be of interest to all those involved in the reevaluation of identity — a central term in the social and cultural space.