Global Multiculturalism Comparative Perspectives on Ethnicity, Race, and Nation

by Cornwell, Grant H.; Stoddard, Eve Walsh; Adams, Henley; Alden, Patricia; Csete, Anne; Groat, Judith De; Almeida Pereira, Edimilson de; Dupont, Louis; Fuoss, Kirk; H. Hill, Randall T.; Hunt, William; Kling, Joseph; LeMarchand, Nathalie; Makumbe, John; Nyam

• ISBN13: 9780742508828
• ISBN10: 074250882X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-26
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Global Multiculturalism offers a rich collection of case studies on ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity drawn from thirteen countries, each unique in the way it understands, negotiates, and represents its diversity. A multi-disciplinary group of

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction: National Boundaries/Transnational Identities	p. 1
Multiculturalism and Ethnicity: Contested Ownership of National Culture
Miscegenation as a Metaphor for Nation-Building: The "Douglarization" Controversy in Trinidad and Tobago	p. 29
The Chinese in Thailand: Ethnicity, Power, and Cultural Opportunity Structures	p. 51
"To Be French": Franco-Maghrebians and the Commission de la Nationalite	p. 73
Spectacular Imaginings: Performing Community in Guatemala	p. 93
Multiculturalism and Race: Alternative Constructions of Black and White
Brazil: Interactions and Conflicts in a Multicultural Society	p. 123
Songs in a Strange Land: Dual Consciousness and the Narrative of African American Identity in the United States	p. 143
Letting the Side Down: Personal Reflections on Colonial and Independent Kenya	p. 169
Race and the Formation of Cuban National and Cultural Identity	p. 193
Multiculturalism and Politics: Constitutional Approaches to Inequality
The Zimbabwe Constitution: Race, Land Reform, and Social Justice	p. 215
Bosnia: Two Days in November	p. 239
The Crisis of the Mexican State and the Nation: Chiapas as Metaphor	p. 263
China's Ethnicities: State Ideology and Policy in Historical Perspective	p. 287
Official Multiculturalism in Canada: Between Virtue and Politics	p. 309
Index	p. 337
About the Contributors	p. 351
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