Ethnicity and race

Pine Forge Press

1998

xxii, 282 p.

Sociology for a new century

Bibliographical references (p. 253-270) and index

The Puzzle of Ethnicity and Race Mapping the Terrain Definitions Fixed or Fluid? Alternative Views of Ethnicity and Race A Constructionist Approach Case Studies in Identity Construction Construction Sites Contextual Factors in the Making of Identities What They Bring Group Factors in the Making of Identities Making Sense and Making Selves in a Changing World

This cross-cultural and cross-national approach to ethnicity and race analyzes how race and ethnic identities are socially constructed, institutionalized and maintained. Throughout, the authors use contemporary examples from across the world, including extended case studies of ethnic//identity construction in the former Yugoslavia, South Africa and New Zealand. The authors demonstrate why ethnic and racial boundaries - over the last 30 years and contrary to earlier, optimistic predictions - have become stronger and more strident under the pressures of modernization, mass communication and secularization. The book concludes by discussing how the downward spiral of hate and separateness can be halted, even reversed

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