The Tenacity Of Ethnicity

Author : Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780691228112

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The Tenacity of Ethnicity by Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer Pdf

Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer combines extensive field research with historical inquiry to produce a dramatic study of a minority people in Russia, the Khanty (Ostiak) of Northwest Siberia. Although First Nations, indigenous peoples, have often been victims of expansionist state-building, Balzer shows that processes of acquiring ethnic identity can involve transcending victimhood. She brings Khanty views of their history and current life into focus, revealing multiple levels of cultural activism. She argues that anthropological theory and practice can derive from indigenous insights, and should help indigenous peoples. Balzer brings to life the saga of the Khanty over several centuries. She analyzes trends in Siberian ethnic interaction that strongly affected minority lives: colonization, Christianization, revitalization, Sovietization, and regionalization. These processes incorporate suprastate and state politics, including recent devastations stemming from the energy industry's land thefts. Balzer documents changes that might seem to foreshadow the demise of indigenous ethnicity. Yet the final chapters reveal ways some Khanty have preserved cultural values and dignity in crisis. Khanty identity has varied with the politics of individuals, groups, and generations. It has been shaped by recent grass-roots mobilization, ecological activism, and religious revival, as well as older historical memory, language-based solidarity, and loyalty to a homeland. The Tenacity of Ethnicity demonstrates how at each historical turn, Siberian experiences shed new light on old debates concerning colonialism, conversion, revitalization, ethnicity, and nationalism. This volume will be important for political scientists, historians, and regional specialists, as well as anthropologists and sociologists.

Author : Harry Goulbourne
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0415225019

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Race and Ethnicity: Solidarities and communities by Harry Goulbourne Pdf

Author : Richard Jenkins
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781849204934

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Rethinking Ethnicity by Richard Jenkins Pdf

"A welcome and brilliantly crafted overview of this field. It represents a major advance in our understanding of how ethnicity works in specific social and cultural contexts. The second edition will be an invaluable resource for both students and researchers alike." - John Solomos, City University, London The first edition of Rethinking Ethnicity quickly established itself as a popular text for students of ethnicity and ethnic relations. This fully revised and updated second edition adds new material on globalization and the recent debates about whether ethnicity matters and ethnic groups actually exist. While ethnicity - as a social construct - is imagined, its effects are far from imaginary. Jenkins draws on specific examples to demonstrate the social mechanisms that construct ethnicity and the consequences for people′s experience. Drawing upon rich case study material, the book discusses such issues as: the ′myth′ of the plural society; postmodern notions of difference; the relationship between ethnicity, ′race′ and nationalism; ideology; language; violence and religion; and the everyday construction of national identity.

Author : Kwok Bun Chan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134203109

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Chinese Identities, Ethnicity and Cosmopolitanism by Kwok Bun Chan Pdf

Drawing upon wide-ranging case study material, the book explores the ever-changing personal and cultural identity of Chinese migrants and the diverse cosmopolitan communities they create. The various models of newly-forged communities are examined with the added dimension of personal identity and the individual's place in society. With particular emphasis on the changing face of Chinese ethnicity in a range of established places of convergence, Chan draws on extensive experience and knowledge in the field to bring the reader a fresh, fascinating and ultimately very human analysis of migration, culture, identity and the self.

Author : Stephen Cornell,Douglas Hartmann
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781506318813

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Ethnicity and Race by Stephen Cornell,Douglas Hartmann Pdf

"This book is very well written and clearly organized throughout. It is pitched at upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level race and ethnicity students...in sum, this is an important book, highly recommended to students and faculty alike. The authors draw extensively from classic and contemporary sociological theory throughout the text and maintain a transnational focus in each and every chapter." —TEACHING SOCIOLOGY Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing World, Second Edition uses examples and extended case studies from all over the world to craft a compelling, even-handed account of the power and persistence of ethnicity and race in the contemporary world. Known for its conceptual clarity, world-historical scope, and fair-minded treatment of these oft controversial topics, this updated and expanded edition retains all of the core elements and constructionist insights of the original.

Author : Philip Q. Yang
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000-04-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791493113

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Ethnic Studies by Philip Q. Yang Pdf

This highly readable book offers the first comprehensive definition of the field of ethnic studies, covering both the major issues of the field and its theoretical and methodological approaches. Ethnic Studies traces the origins and evolution of the discipline in the United States and maps its domain. The majority of the work considers central issues in ethnicity such as identity, stratification, adaptation, discrimination, racism, segregation, conflict, ethnicity and politics; and race, class and gender. For each issue, key concepts are introduced, main dimensions outlined, empirical evidence presented, theoretical approaches discussed, and often an alternative perspective is suggested. Yang highlights several current issues in ethnic studies such as affirmative action, illegal/legal immigration, and bilingual education and the English-only movement. He concludes that rather than a divisive force, ethnic studies is, and should be, a discipline that enhances our understanding of ethnic groups and their interrelations and strengthens interethnic and national unity based on ethnic diversity.

Author : James B. Minahan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216081333

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Ethnic Groups of North, East, and Central Asia by James B. Minahan Pdf

Covering countries ranging from Afghanistan and China to Kazakhstan and Russia, this encyclopedia supplies detailed information and informed perspectives, enabling readers to comprehend Asian ethnic groups as well as Asian politics and history. Asia is quickly becoming one of the most important regions of the world—culturally, economically, and politically. This work provides encyclopedic coverage of a wide array of Central, North, and East Asian ethnic groups, including those in eastern Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China, Taiwan, Japan, and the Koreas. Arranged alphabetically by ethnic group, each entry provides an overview of the group that identifies its major population centers and population, primary languages and religions, parallels with other groups, origins and early development, major historic events, and cultural belief systems. Information on each group's typical ways of life, relations with neighboring groups, politics and recent history, notable challenges, demographic trends, and key figures is also included. Special attention is focused on the numerous ethnic groups that make up China, one of the world's most populated countries. Sidebars throughout the text provide fascinating facts and information about specific groups to make the encyclopedia more accessible and appealing, while "Further Reading" sections at the end of each entry and the bibliography will provide ample additional resources for students performing in-depth research.

Author : Patricia J. Rosof
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Law
ISBN : 0917724461

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Ethnic and Immigration Groups by Patricia J. Rosof Pdf

A timely exploration of the social and economic ramifications of immigration movements around the world.

Author : Yen Le Espiritu
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 1566390966

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Asian American Panethnicity by Yen Le Espiritu Pdf

With different histories, cultures, languages, and identities, most Americans of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese origin are lumped together and viewed by other Americans simply as Asian Americans. Since the mid 1960s, however, these different Asian American groups have come together to promote and protect both their individual and their united interests. The first book to examine this particular subject, Asian American Panethnicity is a highly detailed case study of how, and with what success, diverse national-origin groups can come together as a new, enlarged panethnic group. Yen Le Espiritu explores the construction of large-scale affiliations, in which previously unrelated groups submerge their differences and assume a common identity. Making use of extensive interviews and statistical data, she examines how Asian panethnicity protects the rights and interests of all Asian American groups, including those, like the Vietnamese and Cambodians, which are less powerful and prominent than the Chinese and Japanese. By citing specific examples—educational discrimination, legal redress, anti-Asian violence, the development of Asian American Studies programs, social services, and affirmative action—the author demonstrates how Asian Americans came to understand that only by cooperating with each other would they succeed in fighting the racism they all faced.

Author : Jürgen Zangenberg,Harold W. Attridge,Dale B. Martin
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 3161490444

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Religion, Ethnicity, and Identity in Ancient Galilee by Jürgen Zangenberg,Harold W. Attridge,Dale B. Martin Pdf

What is a Galilean? What were the criteria of defining a person as a Galilean - archaeologically or with respect to literary sources such as Josephus or the rabbis? What role did religion play in the process of identity formation? Twenty-two articles based on papers read at conferences at Cambridge, Wuppertal and Yale by experts from 7 countries shed light on a complex region, the pivotal geographic and cultural context of both earliest Christianity and rabbinic Judaism. In these papers, ancient Galilee emerges as a dynamic region of continuous change, in which religion, 'ethnicity', and 'identity' were not static monoliths but had to be negotiated in the context of a multiform environment subject to different influences.

Author : Vernon Hewitt
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0719051223

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The New International Politics of South Asia by Vernon Hewitt Pdf

Revised and substantially updated, The new international politics of South Asia argues that the politics of the individual states of South Asia cannot be understood without reference to the regional and international context. The author emphasises the need to consider rapid political, social and economic change in the context of debates over ethnic identity and changes within the international system following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Recent changes have opened up new opportunities for the region, but have also exposed specific weaknesses. The author discusses India’s evolving relationship with the international economic system, economic reforms in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, as well as key issues such as the regional position on the NPT treaty, the Comprehensive Test Ban treaty, environmental issues, and the post-Cold War world order.

Author : Bodil Folke Frederiksen,Fiona Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135205669

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Ethnicity, Gender and the Subversion of Nationalism by Bodil Folke Frederiksen,Fiona Wilson Pdf

This volume explores the politics of identity by analysing the intersections between ethnicity, gender and nationalism in developing societies. These markers of identity are not understood as constituting essences, but as springing from people's core experiences, yearnings and strategic life plans in a context where resources are scarce. As such, identities may be, and are, contested. The intersections are traced across three areas: social and cultural reproduction; ideologies, stereotypes and practices; and nationalist politics and discourse which has tended to remove women from the public arena and construct an ideal of women's domesticity.

Author : Martha E. Bernal,George P. Knight
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0791413012

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Ethnic Identity by Martha E. Bernal,George P. Knight Pdf

This book provides broad coverage of the various research approaches that have been used to study the development of ethnic identity in children and adolescents and the transmission of ethnic identity across generations. The authors address topics of acculturation and the development and socialization of ethnic minorities--particularly Mexican-Americans. They stress the roles of social and behavioral scientists in government multicultural policies, and the nature of possible ethnic group responses to such policies for cultural maintenance and adaptation.

Author : Geraldine Heng
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108422789

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The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages by Geraldine Heng Pdf

This book challenges the common belief that race and racisms are phenomena that began only in the modern era.

Author : Gerhard Maré
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781040037553

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Ethnic Continuities and a State of Exception by Gerhard Maré Pdf

This book alerts readers to the dangers of tradition as a formal, structured politics, which enriches a narrowly elite minority while overriding democratic rights, effecting a ‘state of exception’ for the governance of millions who are rendered as ‘subjects’ in South Africa. Gerhard Maré sets his focus on three powerful men – Goodwill Zwelithini, Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Jacob Zuma – to illustrate how, from different social locations, each has relied on claims to Zulu tradition to occupy powerful and financially rewarding positions. Print edition not for sale in Sub-Saharan Africa.