Vanessa May is Lecturer in Sociology at the Morgan Centre for the Study of Relationships and Personal Life, University of Manchester, UK. Her research interests include the self, belonging, lone motherhood, and qualitative and mixed methods. She edited Sociology of Personal Life and has published in journals including Sociology, Sociological Review, International Journal of Research Methods, and Narrative Inquiry.

• PART I: SELF AND SOCIETY IN SOCIAL THEORY1. Introduction2. Where it All Began: The Sociological Classics3. The Loss of Tradition: Diminished or Reflexive Selves?4. The Relationship between Self and Society5. Everyday Personal LifePART II: SELF, BELONGING AND SOCIAL CHANGE6. Belonging: A Window into Social Change7. Cultural Belongings8. Relational Belongings9. Sensory Belongings10. Conclusion: Self and Belonging in a Changing World.

Vanessa May is Lecturer in Sociology at the Morgan Centre for the Study of Relationships and Personal Life, University of Manchester, UK. Her research interests include the self, belonging, lone motherhood, and qualitative and mixed methods. She edited Sociology of Personal Life and has published in journals including Sociology, Sociological Review, International Journal of Research Methods, and Narrative Inquiry.

• PART I: SELF AND SOCIETY IN SOCIAL THEORY1. Introduction2. Where it All Began: The Sociological Classics3. The Loss of Tradition: Diminished or Reflexive Selves?4. The Relationship between Self and Society5. Everyday Personal LifePART II: SELF, BELONGING AND SOCIAL CHANGE6. Belonging: A Window into Social Change7. Cultural Belongings8. Relational Belongings9. Sensory Belongings10. Conclusion: Self and Belonging in a Changing World.

Vanessa May is Lecturer in Sociology at the Morgan Centre for the Study of Relationships and Personal Life, University of Manchester, UK. Her research interests include the self, belonging, lone motherhood, and qualitative and mixed methods. She edited Sociology of Personal Life and has published in journals including Sociology, Sociological Review, International Journal of Research Methods, and Narrative Inquiry.

• PART I: SELF AND SOCIETY IN SOCIAL THEORY1. Introduction2. Where it All Began: The Sociological Classics3. The Loss of Tradition: Diminished or Reflexive Selves?4. The Relationship between Self and Society5. Everyday Personal LifePART II: SELF, BELONGING AND SOCIAL CHANGE6. Belonging: A Window into Social Change7. Cultural Belongings8. Relational Belongings9. Sensory Belongings10. Conclusion: Self and Belonging in a Changing World.