Rethinking ethnicity : arguments and explorations

Author(s)

• Jenkins, Richard

Bibliographic Information

Rethinking ethnicity : arguments and explorations

Richard Jenkins

SAGE Publications, 1997

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. [175]-188

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Richard Jenkins reassesses the concept of ethnicity by examining critically, developing and expanding the anthropological model. He situates power relations and social categorization alongside group formation as necessary and interrelated aspects of the process of ethnic identification. He points out as a major weakness of established views the failure to take serious account of the local, cultural content of ethnic identity. While ethnicity - as a social construct - is imagined, its effects are far from imaginary. Specific examples support the theoretical discussion to demonstrate the social mechanisms that construct ethnicity and the consequences upon people's experience. The discussion also encompasses: the `myth' of a plural society and postmodern notions of difference; the relationship between ethnicity, `race' and nationalism; language, violence and religion; and the everyday social construction of national identity.

Table of Contents

ARGUMENTS Anthropology, Ethnicity From Tribes to Ethnic Groups Myths of Pluralism Ethnicity Etcetera Categorisation and Power Ideologies of Identification EXPLORATIONS Majority Ethnicity The Cultural Stuff Violence, Language and Politics Nations, Nationalisms RETHINKING ETHNICITY

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Details

• NCID: BA31343901
• ISBN:
  • 0803976771
  • 080397678X
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: 194 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GN495.6
  • DC21 : 305.8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Ethnicity
  • LCSH : Group identity
  • LCSH : Race awareness