Beyond Multiculturalism: Views from Anthropology

by Giuliana B. Prato (Editor)

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:	9781138262379
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/15/2016
Series:	Urban Anthropology
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction – Beyond Multiculturalism: Anthropology at the Intersections Between the Local, the national and the Global, Giuliana B. Prato; Chapter 2 1 Acknowledgement is made to the Rector’s Committee for Scientific Research, to the Department of Sociology, University of Rome, La Sapienza for support of photographic research on the ‘New Immigrants to Rome,’ 1998, to The Center for Italian Studies at State University of New York at Stony Brook for a follow up study in 2003, to the Macaulay Honors College of The City University of New York and to the University of Technology in Darmstadt for a travel grant to Frankfurt am Main in 2005., Jerome Krase; Chapter 3 Immigration and its Impacts on Canadian Cities, Eric Fong; Chapter 4 The Transnational Family Among Urban Diaspora Populations, Paula Rubel, Abraham Rosman; Chapter 5 Minorities in Italy: The Cases of Arbëresh and Albanian Migrations, Giuliana B. Prato; Chapter 6 Dynamics of Exclusion and Integration: A Sobering View from Italy, Italo Pardo; Chapter 7 Socio-Ethnic Interaction and Identity Formation Among the Qom-Toba in Rosario, Héctor Vázquez, Graciela Rodríguez; Chapter 8 1The present discussion is a revised and expanded version of a paper presented at the XV International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Florence, 4–12 July 2003., Suzana Burnier; Chapter 9 Young Urban Migrants Between Two Cultures, Danila Mayer; Chapter 10 Migration, the Emergence of Multi-Ethnic Cities and Ethnic Relations in China, Zhang Jijiao; Chapter 11 Sharing Cultures: Integration, Assimilation and Interaction in the Indian Urban Context, Sumita Chaudhuri; Chapter 12 The Consumption of Experience and the Ethnic Market: Cosmopolitan Identity Beyond Multiculturalism, Silvia Surrenti;

Editorial Reviews

’There are many ways of considering what it might mean to think beyond multiculturalism, and the value of this volume is that it offers a diverse range of perspectives from within anthropology, sociology and other disciplines that take this challenge seriously. The focus on really existing multiculturalism, not only in North America and Europe but also in South America and Asia, is particularly welcome’ Duncan Ivison, University of Sydney, Australia 'The edited volume on multiculturalism substantially contributes to recent debates in social sciences and tries to make a step further. Importantly, this book stands a great chance of reaching people in other academic fields as well as to the wider public.' Anthropological Notebooks '...a valid contribution to our understanding of culture and diversity in an age of globalisation...the discussions of puri-culturalism and tolerance vs. toleration focus on neglected aspects of cultural diversity and therefore provide a helpful contribution to current scholarly discussion of multiculturalism.' Journal of Intercultural Studies

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