Violent America: The Dynamics of Identity Politics in a Multiracial Society

by Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia

Overview

In Violent America, Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia counterintuitively analyzes why and how various ethnoracial groups proactively and instrumentally use different forms of violence to achieve their goals. Combining a historical analysis spanning the centuries with an examination of contemporary problems, she considers how and why ethnoracial groups can be both perpetrators and victims of violence, why some minority groups react differently to violence in comparable situations, and what the consequences are today for politics in both America and Europe.

Violent America thus explores the effects of physical and discursive violence on the ways in which ethnoracial groups define themselves. Chebel d'Appollonia argues that the use of ethnoracial violence has been and remains an effective identity strategy by which all ethnoracial groups are able to integrate themselves into the mainstream of American society. She provides an alternative way of understanding the complex relationship between migrant phobia, multiethnic grievances, and intergroup conflicts in America.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501767579
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	02/15/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	282
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia is Professor at the School of Public Affairs and Administration and the Division for Global Affairs at Rutgers University—Newark and teaches at Sciences Po Paris. She is the author or editor of many books, including Frontiers of Fear.

What People are Saying About This

Michel Wieviorka

Violent America presents an excellent analysis of the relationship between racial violence, migrant phobia, multiethnic grievances, and intergroup conflicts to understand how and why American society has become polarized. As a result, Chebel d'Appollonia provides an opportunity to evaluate the chances of a more harmonious society in the future.

Martin Schain

Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia provides an important and impressive critical analysis of ethnoracial relations in the United States and their connection to politics and political dynamics. Violent America refocuses our attention to the political importance of contention and violence as an aspect of 'ordinary' politics rather than the exception to it.

Editorial Reviews

Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia (public affairs and administration, Rutgers Univ., Newark), who has published extensively in English and French, explores why ethnoracial violence remains an enduring feature of US society despite fundamental transformations in the country's institutions and the composition of its population.

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Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia (public affairs and administration, Rutgers Univ., Newark), who has published extensively in English and French, explores why ethnoracial violence remains an enduring feature of US society despite fundamental transformations in the country's institutions and the composition of its population.

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