Multiculturalism in the United States
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Multiculturalism in the United States

Current Issues, Contemporary Voices

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  2. English
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Multiculturalism in the United States

Current Issues, Contemporary Voices

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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.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Year
2000
ISBN
9781452251745
Edition
1
Topic
Scienze sociali
Subtopic
Sociologia
PART
I 

Racial 
Fault 
Lines 


Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Overview: Multicultural America in the Post-Civil Rights Era
  5. Part I - Racial Fault Lines
  6. Editors' Introduction–Part I
  7. Chapter 1 - Changes in White Racial Attitudes
  8. Chapter 2 - Racism Today: Continuity and Change in the Post-Civil Rights Era
  9. Chapter 3 - The New Face of Race: The Metamorphosis of Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era United States
  10. Chapter 4 - White Racism: A Case Study from the Heartland
  11. Chapter 5 - Mongrel Monstrosities
  12. Chapter 6 - Caught in the Middle: Korean-African American Conflicts
  13. Chapter 7 - Urban Rioting in Los Angeles: A Comparison of 1965 with 1992
  14. Drawing Conclusions
  15. Part II - Representations of Race and the Politics of Identity
  16. Editors' Introduction–Part II
  17. Chapter 8 - Black Identity in the United States
  18. Chapter 9 - The Politics of Ethnic Authenticity: Building Native American Identities and Communities
  19. Chapter 10 - Race Pride, Mexican Americans, and the Alamo
  20. Chapter 11 - Narratives of Race and Culture in Transnational Adoption
  21. Chapter 12 - Television and the Politics of Racial Representation
  22. Chapter 13 - Race, Power, and Representation in Contemporary American Sport
  23. Chapter 14 - Zydeco Music and Race Relations in French Louisiana
  24. Drawing Conclusions
  25. Part III - African Americans since the 1960s: Gains, Losses, and Contested Social Policies
  26. Editors' Introduction–Part III
  27. Chapter 15 - Rich and Poor African Americans
  28. Chapter 16 - The Racial Income Gap: How Much is due to Bias?
  29. Chapter 17 - When Work Disappears: Societal Changes and Vulnerable Neighborhoods
  30. Chapter 18 - Documenting America: Racism, Realism, and Hoop Dreams
  31. Chapter 19 - Black Mobility in White Corporations: Up the Corporate Ladder but Out on a Limb
  32. Chapter 20 - The Black Church and the Twenty-First Century
  33. Chapter 21 - The Origins and Politics of Affirmative Action
  34. Chapter 22 - Affirmative Action and Liberal Capitulation
  35. Chapter 23 - Residential Segregation and Federal Housing Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Section 235 and Section 8
  36. Drawing Conclusions
  37. Part IV - New Immigrants and the Dilemmas of Adjustment
  38. Editors' Introduction–Part IV
  39. Chapter 24 - Should Immigrants Assimilate?
  40. Chapter 25 - Who Gets the "Lousy" Jobs?
  41. Chapter 26 - Immigrant Life on the Margins: Descent into Disappointment
  42. Chapter 27 - Barrios in Transition
  43. Chapter 28 - The First Suburban Chinatown: The Remaking of Monterey Park, California
  44. Chapter 29 - "Destroying a Marriage to Save a Family": Shifting Filipino American Gender Relations
  45. Chapter 30 - Stanislaus can't Polka: New Polish Immigrants in Established Polish American Communities
  46. Chapter 31 - Israeli Americans
  47. Chapter 32 - Social Citizenship for Whom? Young Turks in Germany and Mexican Americans in the United States
  48. Drawing Conclusions
  49. Part V - What is Multicultural America?
  50. Editors' Introduction–Part V
  51. Chapter 33 - We are All Multiculturalists Now
  52. Chapter 34 - Benign Multiculturalism
  53. Chapter 35 - Ecumenical America: Global Culture and the American Cosmos
  54. Chapter 36 - Multiculturalism: Battleground or Meeting Ground?
  55. Drawing Conclusions
  56. Sources and Permissions
  57. Index