THINKING IDENTITIES by Avtar Brah (Editor), Mary J. Hickman (Editor), Mairtin Mac an Ghaill (Editor) ( 9780230375963 )

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Title:

THINKING IDENTITIES
ETHNICITY, RACISM AND CULTURE

By:

Avtar Brah (Editor), Mary J. Hickman (Editor), Mairtin Mac an Ghaill (Editor)

Format:

Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

0230375960

ISBN 13:

9780230375963

Publisher:

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

Pub. date:

8 June, 1999

Series:

Explorations in Sociology. British Sociological Association Conference

Synopsis:

This book brings together research about a diverse range of groups who are rarely analysed together: Welsh, Irish, Jewish, Arab, White, African and Indian. The aim of the book is to critique orthodox understandings of the production of these identities, drawing upon the best of 'old' and 'new' theory. It highlights a shift away from a black-white dualistic model which has been the dominant race-relations explanation in Britain. Key contemporary issues are explored. These include the underplaying of anti-Semitism and anti-Arab racism in dominant race-relations models; the relationship of Irish, Welsh, Scottish and other social categories to 'Britishness'; the loss and dislocation of identity but also the potential for reformulating identities between different social divisions with particular reference to gender, class and sexuality; the critical examination of differences within racialized social groups; and an exploration of ethnic majorities, including questions of whiteness.

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Palgrave Macmillan

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