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Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Across East Asia, intra-regional migration is more prevalent than inter-regional movements, and the region’s diverse histories, geopolitics, economic development, ethnic communities, and natural environments make it an excellent case study for examining the relationship between irregular migration...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Bridging the multiple histories and present-day iterations of U.S. settler colonialism in North America and its overseas imperialism in the Caribbean and the Pacific, the essays in this groundbreaking volume underscore the United States as a fluctuating constellation of geopolitical entities marked...
Muslim Diversity
Local Islam in Global Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
The term 'local Islam' has been coined to describe local responses to the effects of globalisation in the Islamic world. All contributions to this volume present cases of 'local Islam' as well as discussing the term itself. But what all of this group of anthropologists and historians convey is a feeling...
by Lyn Parker, Pam Nilan
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
The youth demographic is a large and growing cohort in Indonesia, and adolescents embody the currents of social change. Throughout the twentieth century they were significant agents of social protest leading to social and political transformation. This book looks at the importance of adolescents in...
Affectivity and Race
Studies from Nordic Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
This book presents new empirical studies of social difference in the Nordic welfare states, in order to advance novel theoretical perspectives on the everyday practices and macro-politics of race and gender in multi-ethnic societies. With attention to the specific political and cultural landscapes...
Sex, Love and Money in Cambodia
Professional Girlfriends and Transactional Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Dealing with the complex and discomforting ‘grey ‘area where sex, love and money collide, this book highlights the general materiality of everyday sex that takes place in all relationships. In doing so, it draws attention to and destigmatizes the transactional elements within many ‘normative’...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
This book examines the making of heritage in contemporary Japan, investigating the ways in which particular objects, practices and institutions are ascribed public recognition and political significance. Through detailed ethnographic and historical case studies, it analyses the social, economic, and...
The Politics of Social Exclusion in India
Democracy at the Crossroads
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
Social exclusion and inclusion remain issues of fundamental importance to democracy. Both exclusion and inclusion relate to the access to participation in the public realm, public goods and services for certain groups of people who are minorities, marginalized and deprived. Democratization has led...
Human Capital or Cultural Capital?
Ethnicity and Poverty Groups in an Urban School District
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
This study seeks to reorient our understanding of the early educational determinants of social stratification outcomes. It focuses on the process and consequences of unequal cognitive skill attainment for ethnic and poverty groups within our nation's cities. It draws, theoretically, on the notion...
Chinese Society
Change, Conflict and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
This bestselling introduction to Chinese society uses the themes of resistance and protest to explore the complexity of life in contemporary China. An interdisciplinary and international team of China scholars draw on perspectives from sociology, anthropology, psychology, history and political science...
Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families
Culturally Responsive Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Designed for students of social work, public policy, ethnic studies, community development, and migration studies, Immigrant and Refugee Children and Families provides the best knowledge for culturally responsive practice with immigrant children, adolescents, and families. This textbook summarizes...
Diaspora and Identity
Perspectives on South Asian Diaspora
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
This book investigates the identity issues of South Asians in the diaspora. It engages the theoretical and methodological debates concerning processes of culture and identity in the contemporary context of globalisation and transnationalism. It analyses the South Asian diaspora - a perfect route to...
by Richard Crasta
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2011
In this comical, passionate, satirical, and sincere book, The White God delivers "The Fourteen Commandments of Impressing the Whites" to a brown "Moses."
Inscribed on two coconuts, the Commandments sum up both the secrets of success for brown/colored writers, entrepreneurs,...
Skin Color and Identity Formation
Perception of Opportunity and Academic Orientation Among Mexican and Puerto Rican Youth
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
The focus of this study is on the ways in which skin color moderates the perceptions of opportunity and academic orientation of 17 Mexican and Puerto Rican high school students. More specifically, the study's analysis centered on cataloguing the racial/ethnic identification shifts (or not) in relation to how they perceive others situate them based on skin color.