Overview

Questioning received notions of multiculturalism, this book develops a wide ranging critique of essentialist definitions of race, nation and ethnicity across key areas of cultural policy and practice. Starting from the ‘new ethnicities‘ thesis of Stuart Hall - who writes a foreword to the book - the contributors explore changing ethnicities within the old frameworks of racism. Linking theoretical analysis with substantive issues, the book focuses on three major concerns: ·new ways of tackling popular cultures of racism ·the histories of previously marginalized racisms - and sexisms ·the impact of changing patterns of migration on the local/global city Throughout, the contributors are concerned with new ethnicities - both white and black - which have Questioning received notions of multiculturalism, this book develops a wide ranging critique of essentialist definitions of race, nation and ethnicity across key areas of cultural policy and practice. Starting from the ‘new ethnicities‘ thesis of Stuart Hall the contributors explore changing ethnicities within the old frameworks of racism.

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Author:   Phil Cohen
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Zed Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 13.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9781856496513

ISBN 10:   1856496511
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 May 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword: Stuart Hall Introduction - Phil Cohen. Part I: Beyond the Postcolonial 1. Occidentalism and its Discontents - Couze Venn. 2. Old Whine, New Vassals: Are Diaspora and Hybridity Postmodern Inventions? - Jayne Ifekwunigwe. 3. Discrepant Multiculturalisms and Political Ethnicities - Barnor Hesse. Part II: Writing Other Histories 4. In Darkest England: The Poor, The Crowd and Race in the 19th Century Metropolis - John Marriott. 5. Shylock and Victorian Antisemitism - Linda Rozmovits. 6. Reina Lewis - Writing the Racialised Self: Ottoman Woman and Western Feminism. Part III: Local/Global Identities 7. Europe's 'Civilising Mission': Samuel Huntingdon's Clash with the 'Third World' - Phil Marfleet. 8. As If Being a Refugee isn't Hard Enough - Alice Bloch. 9. Juan the Homeless - Patricia Tuitt. Part IV: Cultural Politics Against Racism 10. Anyone for Cricket? - Ian MacDonald and Usha Shardar. 11. Race,Violence and the Public Realm - Les Back. 12. Tricks of the Trade: Teaching Art in Multicultural Education - Phil Cohen.

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'Contributes strongly to the cause of keeping cultural theory in contact with everyday concerns.' Runnymede Quarterly Bulletin

'Contributes strongly to the cause of keeping cultural theory in contact with everyday concerns.'Runnymede Quarterly Bulletin

New Ethnicities, Old Racisms?' contributes strongly to the cause of keeping cultural theory in contact with everyday concerns' - Runnymede Quarterly Bulletin

Author Information

Phil Cohen is director of the Centre for New Ethnicities Research, University of East London.

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