The Routledge Handbook of Language and Identity provides a clear and comprehensive survey of the field of language and identity from an applied linguistics perspective.

Introduction, Siân Preece; Part 1 Perspectives on language and identity; Chapter 1 Historical perspectives on language and identity, John E. Joseph; Chapter 2 Positioning language and identity, Judith Baxter; Chapter 3 Identity in variationist sociolinguistics, Rob Drummond, Erik Schleef; Chapter 4 Ethnomethodological and conversation analytic approaches to identity, Bethan Benwell, Elizabeth Stokoe; Chapter 5 Language and identity in linguistic ethnography, Miguel Pérez-Milans; Chapter 6 Discursive psychology and the production of identity in language practices, Jean McAvoy; Chapter 7 Critical discourse analysis and identity, Karin Zotzmann, John P. O'Regan; Part 2 Categories and dimensions of identity; Chapter 8 Language and ethnic identity, Vally Lytra; Chapter 9 Language, race and identity, Tope Omoniyi; Chapter 10 Linguistic practices and transnational identities, Anna De Fina; Chapter 11 Identity in post-colonial contexts, Priti Sandhu, Christina Higgins; Chapter 12 Language and religious identities, Ana Souza; Chapter 13 Language and gender identities, Lucy Jones; Chapter 14 Language and non-normative sexual identities, John Gray; Chapter 15 Class in language and identity research, David Block; Part 3 Researching the language and identity relationship; Chapter 16 Ethics in language and identity research, Anna Kristina Hultgren, Elizabeth J. Erling, Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury; Chapter 17 A linguistic ethnography of identity, Adrian Blackledge, A ngela Creese; Chapter 18 The politics of researcher identities, Frances Giampapa; Chapter 19 Challenges for language and identity researchers in the collection and transcription of spoken interaction, Eva Duran Eppler, Eva Codó; Chapter 20 Beyond the micro-macro interface in language and identity research, Kristine Horner, John Bellamy; Part 4 Language and identity case studies; Chapter 21 Constructing age identity, Patricia Andrew; Chapter 22 The significance of sexual identity to language learning and teaching, Cynthia D. Nelson; Chapter 23 An identity transformation?, Siân Preece; Chapter 24 Being a language teacher in the content classroom, Tom Morton; Chapter 25 Disability identities and category work in institutional practices, Eva Hjörne, Ann-Carita Evaldsson; Chapter 26 'Comes with the territory', Frances Rock; Chapter 27 Language, gender and identities in political life, Louise Mullany, Melissa Yoong; Chapter 28 Straight-acting, Tommaso M. Milani; Chapter 29 Styling and identity in a second language, Ben Rampton; Chapter 30 Construction of heritage language and cultural identities, Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury; Chapter 31 Minority languages and group identity, John Edwards; Part 5 Future directions; Chapter 32 Intersectionality in language and identity research, David Block, Victor Corona; Chapter 33 Language and identity in the digital age, Ron Darvin; Chapter 34 Language and identity research in online environments, Myrrh Domingo; Chapter 35 Exploring neoliberal language, discourses and identities, Christian W. Chun; Chapter 36 The future of identity research, Bettina Beinhoff, Sebastian M. Rasinger; Chapter 37 Identity in language learning and teaching, Peter De Costa, Bonny Norton;