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: 9780742508835
• ISBN10: 0742508838
• Format: Paperback
• 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 authors shows how, in different nations, identity groups are included, or made invisible by forced assimilation, or reviled even to the point of genocide. Framed within a theoretical discussion of national identity, transnationalism, hybridity, and diaspora, each chapter surveys the demographics and history of its country and then analyzes the dynamics of diversity. With cases ranging from Bosnia to Chiapas, Cuba to China, and Zimbabwe to France, this volume offers a truly global perspective and scope. Its genuinely comparative methodology and range of disciplinary perspectives make it a unique resource for all those seeking to understand ethnic conflict and diversity.

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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