A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies

Herausgeber: Goldberg, David Theo; Solomos, John

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Questions about race and ethnicity have moved center stage in the social sciences and humanities. From sociology, political science, and history to literary theory, philosophy, and anthropology, race and ethnicity are the modalities through which other forms of inequality are lived and comprehended. A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies is the most sustained attempt to bring together a range of scholars from a variety of disciplines and theoretical perspectives to reflect on the current state of this dynamic, often contentious, field. The Companion offers an informed and comprehensive overview of contemporary debates and issues, at once surveying the status of race and ethnic studies and pointing out new directions. Showcasing essays written by both established and emergent scholars whose work has helped to shape the content and direction of race and ethnic studies in recent times, the Companion explores six interlinked themes: history, theory, political economy, space, culture, and between borders. These sections situate both the historical background and contemporary forms of racial and ethnic configuration in contemporary societies. A critical introduction highlights the key themes and questions and points to new areas of controversy and debate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 628
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1361g
• ISBN-13: 9780631206163
• ISBN-10: 0631206167
• Artikelnr.: 22021021

Autorenporträt

David Theo Goldberg is Professor of African American Studies and Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine and Director of the system-wide University of California Humanities Research Institute. He has published numerous books on racial studies. He is author of The Racial State (2002) and Racist Culture: Philosophy and the Politics of Meaning (1993), and co-editor, with Philomena Essed, of Race Critical Theories: Text and Context (2002). He is the founding co-editor of Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation, and Culture. John Solomos is Professor of Sociology at City University, London. He has written widely on issues about race and ethnicity. His recent works include Ethnic and Racial Studies Today (1999) and Racism (1999), both co-edited with Martin Blumer, and Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader (2000), co-edited with Les Back. He is associate editor of the journal Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors.

Preface.

General Introduction: David Theo Goldberg and John Solomos.

Part I: History.

Part II: Theory.

Part III: Political Economy.

Part IV: Space.

Part V: Culture.

Part VI: Between Borders.

Index.

Rezensionen

"A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies provides manyindispensable materials for the study of race. Particularlyvaluable are the collection's comparative focus and its attentionto a variety of challenging problems in the field: culture,technology, postcoloniality, whiteness, genocide, andethnoreligious conflict are but some of the crucial themesconsidered here. This essential text will be adopted in courseseverywhere."
Howard Winant, Temple University, and author of The Worldis a Ghetto

"The companion to racial and ethnic studies is able to bringtogether data from a wide variety of disciplines and scholars on apressing and important subject. [...] This critical volume is anexcellent reference." American Reference Books Annual2003

"Overall, this companion adds greatly to the debates on race andethnicity, past , present and future. It has that rare quality ofbeing written in an accessible manner for students, bothundergraduate and postgraduate, while also adding an innovativecontribution to academic debate. Such an interdisciplinary volumewill appeal to those working in a wide range of areas across thehumanities and social sciences in both Europe and the USA."Ethnic and Racial Studies