Race and Ethnicity: Culture, Identity and Representation |
Race and Ethnicity: Culture, Identity and Representation
Routledge
2006-03-02
296 pages
Hardback ISBN: 978-0-415-35124-9
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-415-35125-6
Trim Size: 234X156
Stephen Spencer, Senior Lecturer in Sociology
Sheffield Hallam University
Broad-ranging and comprehensive, this incisive new textbook examines the shifting meanings of ‘race’ and ethnicity and collates the essential concepts in one indispensable companion volume. From Marxist views to post-colonialism, this book investigates the attendant debates, issues and analyses within the context of global change.
Using international case studies from Australia, Malaysia, the Caribbean, Mexico and the UK and examples of popular imagery that help to explain the more difficult elements of theory, this key text focuses on everyday life issues such as:
- ethnic conflicts and polarized states
- racism(s) and policies of multiculturalism
- diasporas, asylum seekers and refugees
- mixed race and hybrid identity
Incorporating summaries, questions, illustrations, exercises and a glossary of terms, this student-friendly text also puts forward suggestions for further project work. Broad in scope, interactive and accessible, this book is a key resource for undergraduate and postgraduate level students of ‘race’ and ethnicity across the social sciences.
Table of Contents
- ‘Race’/Ethnicity and Representation
- The Politics of Naming
- Colonialism: Invisible Histories
- Theories
- Identity: Marginal Voices and the Politics of Difference
- Major Case Study: Indigenous Australians
- Conflict
- Living the Contradiction
- Futures