Given the renewed interest in “identity” within applied linguistics and sociolinguistics, and the difficulty and relative unfamiliarity of current theories of subjectivity for students in these fields, this book meets a clear need: an accessible introduction to theories of subjectivity and the contexts in which they arise for students of language. These include language and gender, sexuality, ethnicity, nationalism, racism and disability, subjectivity in second language learning, and language and subjectivity in testing, institutional and forensic settings.