Ethnic Identity Problems and Prospects for the Twenty-first Century

by Romanucci-Ross, Lola; Vos, De George A.; Tsuda, Takeyuki; Boscoboinik, Andrea; De Vos, George A.; Doucet, Fabienne; Freedberg, Louis; Gilliland, Mary Kay; Hermans, Philip; Hughes, Lotte; Milosz, Czeslaw; Romanucci-Ross, Lola; Roosens, Eugeen; Santasombat,

• ISBN13: 9780759109728
• ISBN10: 0759109729
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-22
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

In this thoroughly revised fourth edition, with ten new chapters, the editors provide thought-provoking discussions on the importance of ethnicity in different cultural and social contexts. The authors focus especially on changing ethnic and national identities, on migration and ethnic minorities, on ethnic ascription versus self-definitions, and on shifting ethnic identities and political control. The international group of scholars examines ethnic identities, conflicts and accommodations around the globe, in Africa (including Zaire and South Africa), Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, the United States, Thailand, and the former Yugoslavia. It will serve as an excellent text for courses in race & ethnic relations, and anthropology and ethnic studies.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction: Ethnic Pluralism: Conflict and Accommodation
GEORGE A. DE VOS	1	(36)
Part I: Changing Ethnic and National Identities	37	(120)
CHAPTER 1 Matrices of an Italian Identity: Past as Prologue
LOLA ROMANUCCI-ROSS	43	(29)
CHAPTER 2 Vilnius, Lithuania: An Ethnic Agglomerate
CZESLAW MILOSZ	72	(16)
CHAPTER 3 Ethnic Nationality in the Former Yugoslavia: Ethnogenesis, Ethnic Cleansing, and Present-Day Identities among Croats, Serbs, and Bosniacs
MARY KAY GILLILAND	88	(31)
CHAPTER 4 Cultural Identity and Minority Status in Japan
GEORGE A. DE VOS AND HIROSHI WAGATSUMA	119	(38)
Part II: Migration and Ethnic Minorities	157	(76)
CHAPTER 5 Ethnic Identity and Schooling: The Experiences of Haitian Immigrant Youth
FABIENNE DOUCET AND CAROLA SUÁREZ-OROZCO	163	(26)
CHAPTER 6 Ethnic Identities of Moroccans in Belgium and the Netherlands
PHILIP HERMANS	189	(19)
CHAPTER 7 When Minorities Migrate: The Racialization of Japanese Brazilians in Brazil and Japan
TAKEYUKI (GAKU) TSUDA	208	(25)
Part III: Ethnic Ascription versus Self-Definitions	233	(88)
CHAPTER 8 Peasants, Ethnicity, and the Politics of Location in Thailand
YOS SANTASOMBAT	239	(25)
CHAPTER 9 "Beautiful Beasts" and Brave Warriors: The Longevity of a Maasai Stereotype
LOTTE HUGHES	264	(31)
CHAPTER 10 Becoming Rom: Ethnic Development among Roma Communities in Bulgaria and Macedonia
ANDREA BOSCOBOINIK	295	(16)
CHAPTER 11 Subtle "Primitives": Ethnic Formation among the Central Yaka of Zaire
EUGEEN ROOSENS	311	(10)
Part IV: Shifting Ethnic Identities: The Realpolitik of Cultural Control	321	(54)
CHAPTER 12 The End of "Whiteness": The Transformation of White Identity in South Africa
LOUIS FREEDBERG	325	(21)
CHAPTER 13 Mixed Feelings: Spoiled Identities in the New South Africa
NANCY SCHEPER-HUGHES	346
Conclusion: Ethnic Identity: A Psychocultural Perspective
GEORGE A. DE VOS AND LOLA ROMANUCCI-ROSS	375	(26)
Index	401	(10)
About the Contributors	411