Peter Kivisto, Georganne Rundblad

Multiculturalism in the United States

Current Issues, Contemporary Voices

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Produktbeschreibung

This reader focuses on the extremely current, important topic of racial and ethnic experiences in the United States today. Most of the essays were commissioned especially for this reader and have been prepared by some of the brightest voices in this cutting edge field. Instructors in search of a current, comprehensive multicultural reader will find this a valuable student resource whether it is the sole focus of their course or to be integrated into another content area. ''

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 188mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 1139g
• ISBN-13: 9780761986485
• ISBN-10: 0761986480
• Artikelnr.: 21965029

Autorenporträt

Peter Kivisto, PhD (New School for Social Research), is the Richard Swanson Professor of Social Thought and chair of sociology at Augustana College. Among his recent books are Citizenship: Discourse, Theory, and Transnational Prospects (2007, with Thomas Faist), Intersecting Inequalities (2007, with Elizabeth Hartung), Incorporating Diversity: Rethinking Assimilation in a Multicultural Age (2005), Key Ideas in Sociology (2nd ed., 2004), Multiculturalism in a Global Society (2002), and Social Theory: Roots and Branches (2nd ed., 2002). His primary scholarly and teaching interests revolve around social theory and ethnic and immigration studies. He has served as secretary-treasurer of the American Sociological Associations Theory and International Migration Sections and is currently serving as Editor of The Sociological Quarterly.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Overview
PART I. RACIAL FAULT LINES
1. Change in White Racial Attitudes - G.D. Jaynes & R.M. Williams, Jr.
2. Racism Today: Continuity and Change in the Post-Civil Rights Era - H.
Winant
3. The New Face of Race: The Metamorphosis of Racism in the Post-Civil
Rights Era United States - A.E. Ansell
4. White Racism: A Case Study from the Heartland - J.R. Feagin & H. Vera
5. Mongrel Monstrosities - A.L. Ferber
6. Caught in the Middle: Korean-African American Conflicts - P.G. Min
7. Urban Rioting in Los Angeles: A Comparison of 1965 with 1992 - D.O.
Sears
PART II. REPRESENTATIONS OF RACE AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY
8. Black Identity in the United States - F.J. Davis
9. The Politics of Ethnic Authenticity: Building Native American Identities
and Communities - J. Nagel
10. Race Pride, Mexican Americans, and the Alamo - J.T. Rhea
11. Narratives of Race and Culture in Transnational Adoption - S.K. Dorow
12. Television and the Politics of Racial Representation - J. Lewis & S.
Jhally
13. Race, Power, and Representation in Contemporary American Sport - C.F.
Springwood & C.R. King
14. Zydeco Music and Race Relations in French Louisiana - R.L. Sexton
PART III. AFRICAN AMERICANS SINCE THE 1960S: GAINS, LOSSES, AND CONTESTED
SOCIAL POLICIES
15. Rich and Poor African Americans - J.L. Hochschild
16. The Racial Income Gap: How Much Is Due to Bias? - A. Hacker
17. When Work Disappears: Societal Changes and Vulnerable Neighborhoods -
W.J. Wilson
18. Documenting America: Racism, Realism, and Hoop Dreams - C.L. Cole & S.
King
19. Black Mobility in White Corporations: Up the Corporate Ladder but Out
on a Limb - S.M. Collins
20. The Black Church and the Twenty-First Century - C.E. Lincoln & L.H.
Mamiya
21. The Origins and Politics of Affirmative Action - J.D. Skrentny
22. Affirmative Action and Liberal Capitulation - S. Steinberg
23. Residential Segregation and Federal Housing Policy: A Comparative
Analysis of Section 235 and Secdtion 8 - K.F. Gotham
PART IV. NEW IMMIGRANTS AND THE DILEMMAS OF ADJUSTMENT
24. Should Immigrants Assimilate? - A. Portes & M. Zhou
25. Who Gets the "Lousy" Jobs? - R. Waldinger
26. Immigrant Life on the Margins: Descent into Disappointment - S.J.
Mahler
27. Barrios in Transition - J.Moore & J.D. Vigil
28. The First Suburban Chinatown: The Remaking of Monterey Park, California
- T.P. Fong
29. "Destroying a Marriage to Save a Family": Shifting Filipino American
Gender Relations - O.P. Tizon
30. Stanislaus Can¿t Polka: New Polish Immigrants in Established Polish
American Communities - M.P. Erdmans
31. Israeli Americans - S.J. Gold
32. Social Citizenship for Whom? Young Turks in Germany and Mexican
Americans in the United States - T. Faist
PART V. WHAT IS MULTICULTURAL AMERICA?
33. We Are All Multiculturalists Now - N. Glazer
34. Benign Multiculturalism - A. Wolfe
35. Ecumenical America: Global Culture and the American Cosmos - O.
Patterson
36. Multiculturalism: Battleground or Meeting Ground? - R. Takaki
Sources and Permissions
Index