Ethnic Identity

Problems and Prospects for the Twenty-first Century
Herausgeber: Romanucci-Ross, Lola; Tsuda, Takeyuki; de Vos, George A.

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines ethnic identities in countries around the globe, including Africa, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, the US, Thailand, and the former Yugoslavia. This title is a useful teaching tool for courses in race and ethnic relations, and anthropology and ethnic studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: AltaMira Press, U.S.
• Fourth Edition
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 702g
• ISBN-13: 9780759109735
• ISBN-10: 0759109737
• Artikelnr.: 22407515

Autorenporträt

Lola Romanucci-Ross is professor of family and preventive medicine at the University of California, San Diego. George A. De Vos, a psychologist, is emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Takeyuki (Gaku) Tsuda is associate director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California, San Diego.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction: Ethnic Pluralism: Conflict and Accommodation
Part 3 Part I: Changing Ethnic and National Identities
Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Matrices of an Italian Identity: Past as Prologue
Chapter 5 Chapter 2: Vilnius, Lithuania: An Ethnic Agglomerate
Chapter 6 Chapter 3: Ethnic Nationality in the Former Yugoslavia:
Ethnogenesis, Ethnic Cleansing, and Present-Day Identities among Croats,
Serbs, and Bosniacs
Chapter 7 Chapter 4: Cultural Identity and Minority Status in Japan
Part 8 Part II: Migration and Ethnic Minoritites
Chapter 9 Chapter 5: Ethnic Identity and Schooling: Experiences of Haitian
Immigrant Youth
Chapter 10 Chapter 6: Ethnic Identity of Moroccans in Belgium and the
Netherlands
Chapter 11 Chapter 7: When Minorities Migrate: The Racialization of
Japanese Brazilians in Brazil and Japan
Part 12 Part III: Ethnic Ascription versus Self-Definitions
Chapter 13 Chapter 8: Peasants, Ethnicity, and the Politics of Location in
Thailand
Chapter 14 Chapter 9: "Beautiful Beasts" and Brave Warriors: The Longevity
of a Maasai Stereotype
Chapter 15 Chapter 10: Becoming Rom: Ethnic Development among Roma
Communities in Bulgaria and Macedonia
Chapter 16 Chapter 11: Subtle "Primitives": Ethnic Formation among the
Central Yaka of Zaire
Part 17 Part IV: Shifting Ethnic Identities-The Realpolitik of Cultural
Control
Chapter 18 Chapter 12: The End of "Whiteness": The Transformation of White
Identity in South Africa
Chapter 19 Chapter 13: Mixed Feelings: Spoiled Identities in the New South
Africa
Chapter 20 Conclusion: Ethnic Identity: A Psychocultural Perspective