The Sage Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies

by Patricia Hill Collins

• ISBN13: 9780761942207
• ISBN10: 0761942203
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-06-15
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

What is the state of race and ethnic studies today? How has the field emerged? What are the core concepts, debates and issues?This panoramic, critical survey of the field supplies researchers and students with a vital resource. It is a rigorous, focused examination of the central questions in the field today. The text examines:'¢ The roots of the field of race and ethnic studies'¢ The distinction between race and ethnicity'¢ Methodological issues facing researchers'¢ The relationship between the field and more established disciplines'¢ Intersections between race and ethnicity and questions of sexuality, gender, nation and social transformation'¢ The challenge of multiculturalism'¢ Race, ethnicity and globalization'¢ Race and the family'¢ Race and education'¢ Race and religion'¢ Issues for the 21st CenturyPlanned and edited by a distinguished team of Anglo-American scholars, the Handbook pools an impressive range of international world class expertise and insight.It provides a landmark work in the field which will be the measure of debate and research for years to come.

Author Biography

Patricia Hill Collins is Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland. John Solomos is Professor of Sociology at City University London.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Situating Race and Ethnic Studies

Locating The Field: Theoretical and Historical Foundations

Introduction to Part I

Theorizing Race and Ethnicity: Contemporary Paradigms and Perspectives

Studying 'Race' and Ethnicity: Dominant and Marginalised Discourses in the Critical North American Case

Researching Race and Ethnicity: Methodological Issues

The Spirit Lives On: Races and Disciplines

Race, Ethnicity and Social Hierarchy

Introduction to Part II

Racism, Class and the Dialectics of Social Transformation

The Nexus of Race and Gender: Parallels, Linkages, and Divergences in Race and Gender Studies

Ethnicities and Sexualities

Nation and Post-Nation: Nationalism, Transnationalism and Intersections of Belonging

The Social Organisation of Race and Ethnicity

Introduction to Part III

Multiculturalism and Racial Democracy: State Policies and Social Practices

Law, Critical Race Theory, and Related Scholarship

Ethnic Conflict

Globalization, Migration and Citizenship

Debates and New Initiatives

Introduction to Part IV

The Family as a Race Institution

Race, Ethnicity and Education: The Search for Explanations

Still the 'Most Segregated Hour': Religion, Race and the American Experience

Whiteness in the Dramaturgy of Racism

No Longer Invisible: Afro-Latin Political Mobilisation

Diaspora and Hybridity

Issues for the Twenty-first Century

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