ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|30 pages

Representation

chapter 2|24 pages

The Politics of Naming

chapter 3|21 pages

Colonialism: Invisible Histories

chapter 4|39 pages

Theories of Race and Ethnicity

chapter 6|33 pages

Case Study: Indigenous Australians

chapter 7|20 pages

Conflict

chapter 8|28 pages

Living the Contradiction

chapter 9|18 pages

Futures