New Ethnicities, Old Racisms - Softcover

Phil Cohen

 
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Synopsis

Questioning received notions of multiculturalism, this book develops a wide ranging critique of essentialist definitions of race, nation and ethnicity across key areas of cultural policy and practice. Starting from the ‘new ethnicities‘ thesis of Stuart Hall - who writes a foreword to the book - the contributors explore changing ethnicities within the old frameworks of racism.

Linking theoretical analysis with substantive issues, the book focuses on three major concerns:

·new ways of tackling popular cultures of racism

·the histories of previously marginalized racisms - and sexisms

·the impact of changing patterns of migration on the local/global city

Throughout, the contributors are concerned with new ethnicities - both white and black - which have Questioning received notions of multiculturalism, this book develops a wide ranging critique of essentialist definitions of race, nation and ethnicity across key areas of cultural policy and practice. Starting from the ‘new ethnicities‘ thesis of Stuart Hall the contributors explore changing ethnicities within the old frameworks of racism.

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About the Author

Phil Cohen is director of the Centre for New Ethnicities Research, University of East London.

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9781856496513: New Ethnicities, Old Racisms

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ISBN 10:  1856496511 ISBN 13:  9781856496513
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd, 1999
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