Race and Ethnicity: Culture, Identity, and Representation

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Author: Stephen Spencer

ISBN-10: 0415351251

ISBN-13: 9780415351256

Category: Psychology - Theory, History & Research

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...

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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 statesracism(s) and policies of multiculturalismdiasporas, asylum seekers and refugeesmixed race and hybrid identityIncorporating 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.

1Representation12The politics of naming313Colonialism : invisible histories554Theories of race and ethnicity765Identify : marginal voices and the politics of difference1156Case study : Indigenous Australians1367Conflict1698Living the contradiction1899Futures217