Ethnic identity : problems and prospects for the twenty-first century
Examines ethnic identities in countries around the globe, including Africa, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, the US, Thailand, and the former Yugoslavia. This title is a useful teaching tool for courses in race and ethnic relations, and anthropology and ethnic studies.
xvii, 417 pages ; 24 cm
9780759109728, 9780759109735, 0759109729, 0759109737
62697132
Introduction : Ethnic pluralism : conflict and accommodation / George A. De Vos
Matrices of an Italian identity : past as prologue / Lola Romanucci-Ross
Vilnius, Lithuania : an ethnic agglomerate / Czeslaw Milosz
Ethnic nationality in the former Yugoslavia : ethnogenesis, ethnic cleansing, and present day identities among Croats, Serbs, and Bosniacs / Mary Kay Gilliland
Cultural identity and minority status in Japan / George A. De Vos and Hiroshi Wagatsuma
Ethnic identity and schooling : experiences of Haitian immigrant youth in the United States / Fabienne Doucet and Carola Suarez-Orozco
Ethnic identity of Moroccans in Belgium and the Netherlands / Philip Hermans
When minorities migrate : the racialization of Japanese Brazilians in Brazil and Japan / Takeyuki (Gaku) Tsuda
Peasants, ethnicity, and the politics of location in Thailand / Yos Santasombat
"Beautiful beasts" and brave warriors : the longevity of a Maasai stereotype / Lotte Hughes
Becoming Rom : ethnic development among Roma communities in Bulgaria and Macedonia / Andrea Boscoboinik
Subtle "primitives" : ethnic formation among the central Yaka of Zaire / Eugeen Roosens
The end of whiteness : the transformation of white identity in South Africa / Louis Freedberg
Mixed feelings : spoiled identities in the new South Africa / Nancy Scheper-Hughes
Conclusion : Ethnic identity : a psychocultural perspective / George A. De Vos and Lola Romanucci-Ross