ABSTRACT

Race and racism have become huge areas of study in the social sciences over the past two decades. However, whilst this has been reflected in the growing body of theoretical and empirically based work, surprisingly little has been published that explores the methodological and practical issues involved in researching race. In Researching Race and Racism Martin Bulmer and John Solomos have brought together contributions from some of the leading researchers in the field, using the benefit of their experience to explore the practical and ethical issues involved in doing research in this sometimes controversial, often heavily politicised field. This book will provide students and researchers - both new to the field and experienced alike - with an invaluable tool to help them find their way.

chapter |15 pages

Introduction

Researching race and racism

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Extolling eclecticism

Language, psychoanalysis and demographic analyses in the study of ‘race' and racism

chapter |14 pages

Researching race and racism

French social sciences and international debates

chapter |14 pages

Researching ‘mixed race'experience under slavery

Concepts, methods and data

chapter |15 pages

On unsteady ground

Crafting and engaging in the critical study of whiteness 1

chapter |15 pages

Naming the unnameable

Sense and sensibilities in researching racism

chapter |16 pages

Writing race

Ethnography and the imagination of The Asian Gang

chapter |12 pages

Race, a word too much?

The French dilemma

chapter |10 pages

A life of sad, but justified, choices

Interviewing across (too) many divides

chapter |15 pages

Racial hierarchies in the USA and Britain

Investigating a politically sensitive issue

chapter |16 pages

Experiences in ethnographic interviewing about race

The inside and outside of it