Beyond Multiculturalism: Views from Anthropology

by Giuliana B Prato

Overview

While the anthropological field initially shied away from the debate on multiculturalism, it has been widely discussed within the fields of political theory, social policy, cultural studies and law. Beyond Multiculturalism is the first volume of its kind to offer a comparative, worldwide view of multiculturalism, considering both traditional multicultural/multiethnic societies and those where cultural pluralism is relatively new. Its varied case studies focus on the intersections and relationships between cultural groups in everyday life using employment, identity, consumption, language, legislation and policy making to show the unique contribution anthropologists can bring to multiculturalism studies. Their work will be of great interest to scholars of race, ethnicity, migration, urban studies and social and cultural geography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409491811
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	12/28/2012
Series:	Urban Anthropology
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Giuliana Prato is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Kent, UK. She has taught at the Universities of Naples, Florence and London and is she is Chair of the Commisison on Urban Anthropology (IUAES). She has published widely in English and Italian.

Giuliana B. Prato, Jerome Krase, Eric Fong, Paula Rubel, Abraham Rosman , Italo Pardo, Héctor Vásquez, Graciela Rodríguez, Suzana Burnier, Danila Mayer, Zhang Jijiao, Sumita Chaudhuri, Silva Surrenti.

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction – beyond multiculturalism: anthropology at the intersections between the local, the national and the global, Giuliana B. Prato; A visual approach to multiculturalism, Jerome Krase; Immigration and its impacts on Canadian cities, Eric Fong; The transnational family among urban diaspora populations, Paula Rubel and Abraham Rosman; Minorities in Italy: the cases of Arbëresh and Albanian migrations, Giuliana B. Prato; Dynamics of exclusion and integration: a sobering view from Italy, Italo Pardo; Socio-ethnic interaction and identity formation among Qom-Toba in Rosario, Héctor Vásquez and Graciela Rodríguez; Workers in late modernity: traditional working-class culture in capitalist globalization, Suzana Burnier; Young urban migrants between 2 cultures, Danila Mayer; Migration, the emergence of multi-ethnic cities and ethnic relations in China, Zhang Jijiao; Sharing cultures: integration, assimilation and interaction in the Indian urban context, Sumita Chaudhuri; The consumption of experience and the ethnic market: cosmopolitan identity beyond multiculturalism, Silva Surrenti; Index.