Ann Phoenix is Professor of Psychosocial Studies at Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education. Her research interests are psychosocial, including motherhood, family lives, social identities, young people, racialization and gender. She has particular interests in qualitative and mixed methods, re-use of data and narrative research.

`A collection of timely articles about the dynamic nature of identities and racisms ... Bhavnani and Phoenix provide a clear theoretical framework for understanding the role psychology played in this construction.... Raises a number of important issues.... Calls for much needed debate both within and outside psychology. Shifting Identities Shifting Racisms is a book worthy of closer examination′ - SocInfo`Although argued within the feminist and psychological debate, this book has validity everywhere, especially for the beginnings of understanding whiteness as an historical construct′ - The National Network Newsletter for Equal Opportunities`The 12 sections of the volume form a cohesive and well-integrated whole, ranging from an authoritative theoretical introduction through research studies, personal biographics and examinations of the media, to somewhat shorter commentaries and observations.... the articles are written clearly and accessibly and are well-referenced.... The background of the contributors is varied and draws on workers in both Britain and the United States. Although the overall perspective is psychological, the papers draw on sociological, political and cultural perspectives as well. In conclusion the volume provides a valuable addition to the growing field of gender and woman′s studies and deserves a wide readership′ - The Psychologist

• PART ONE: INTRODUCTIONShifting Identities Shifting Racisms - Kum-Kum Bhavnani and Ann PhoenixAn IntroductionPART TWO: ARTICLESShifting the Subject - Kum-Kum Bhavnani and Donna HarawayA Conversation between Kum-Kum Bhavnani and Donna Haraway, 12 April 1993, Santa Cruz, CaliforniaResisting Racism and Sexism in Academic Psychology - Karen L HenwoodA Personal/Political ViewEmpowering Women? The Oprah Winfrey Show - Corinne SquireHarmonious `Heimat′ and Disturbing `Ausl[um]ander′ - Nora R[um]athzelContradictory Positions, Ambivalent Perceptions - Philomena EssedA Case Study of a Black Woman EntrepreneurAsian Women′s Ethnic Identity - Anne Woollett et alThe Impact of Gender and Context in the Accounts of Women Bringing Up Children in East LondonDi(s)-secting and Dis(s)-closing `Whiteness′ - L Mun WongTwo Tales about PsychologyExperience, Identities and Alliances - Erica BurmanJewish Feminism and Feminist PsychologyWomen, Ethnicity and Empowerment - Nira Yuval-DavisPART THREE: OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTARIESI. The Politics of White and Black Bodies - Barbara TrepagnierII. White Women′s Identity and Diversity - Shari Tarver-BehringAwareness from the Inside Out