Ethnicity and Race : Making Identities in a Changing World

by Stephen Cornell

• ISBN13: 9781412941105
• ISBN10: 1412941105
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-15
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

"This book is very well written and clearly organized throughout. It is pitched at upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level race and ethnicity students...in sum, this is an important book, highly recommended to students and faculty alike. The authors draw extensively from classic and contemporary sociological theory throughout the text and maintain a transnational focus in each and every chapter." -TEACHING SOCIOLOGY Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing World, Second Edition uses examples and extended case studies from all over the world to craft a compelling, even-handed account of the power and persistence of ethnicity and race in the contemporary world. Known for its conceptual clarity, world-historical scope, and fair-minded treatment of these oft controversial topics, this updated and expanded edition retains all of the core elements and constructionist insights of the original.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xiii
Preface to the First Edition	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
The Puzzles of Ethnicity and Race	p. 1
An Unexpected Persistence and Power	p. 5
A Puzzling Diversity of Forms	p. 10
Ethnicity and Race as Sociological Topics	p. 12
An Outline of What Follows	p. 13
Mapping the Terrain: Definitions	p. 15
The Definition of Ethnicity	p. 15
The Definition of Race	p. 21
Ethnicity and Race	p. 26
Nationalism and Belonging	p. 35
Conclusion	p. 38
Fixed or Fluid? Alternative Views of Ethnicity and Race	p. 41
The Assimilationist Assumption	p. 44
Primordialism	p. 51
Circumstantialism	p. 58
Primordialism and Circumstantialism Compared	p. 70
Conclusion	p. 71
A Constructionist Approach	p. 75
The Construction of Ethnic and Racial Identities	p. 76
The Nature of Ethnic and Racial Bonds	p. 89
The Problem of Authenticity	p. 95
The Reconstruction of Circumstances	p. 98
The Logic of Ethnic and Racial Construction	p. 100
Reframing Intergroup Relations	p. 103
Conclusion	p. 105
Case Studies in Identity Construction	p. 107
The Power of Circumstances: Blacks and Indians in the United States	p. 107
Between Assertion and Assignment: Chinese Americans in Mississippi	p. 119
From Thick Ethnicity to Thin: German Americans	p. 126
Constructed Primordiality and Ethnic Power: Afrikaners in South Africa	p. 135
From Thin Ethnicity to Thick: Basketball and War in the Former Yugoslavia	p. 146
Race, Culture, and Belonging: Who Is France?	p. 153
A Comparison of Cases	p. 163
Conclusion	p. 166
Construction Sites: Contextual Factors in the Making of Identities	p. 169
Critical Sites	p. 170
Politics	p. 170
Labor Markets	p. 178
Residential Space	p. 182
Social Institutions	p. 186
Culture	p. 191
Daily Experience	p. 199
Summarizing Contextual Factors	p. 204
Conclusion	p. 208
What They Bring: Group Factors in the Making of Identities	p. 211
Preexisting Identities	p. 212
Population Size	p. 215
Internal Differentiation	p. 218
Social Capital	p. 228
Human Capital	p. 234
Symbolic Repertoires	p. 236
Groups, Contexts, and Agendas	p. 243
Conclusion	p. 244
Making Sense and Making Selves in a Changing World	p. 247
The Impact of Modernity	p. 247
Mixing and Mutiplicity	p. 250
Separation and Consolidation	p. 258
Making Sense, Making Selves, Making Others	p. 262
Conclusion	p. 264
References	p. 267
Index	p. 295
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