Everyday multiculturalism

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Everyday multiculturalism

edited by Amanda Wise and Selvaraj Velayutham

Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This book explores everyday lived experiences of multiculturalism in the contemporary world. Drawing on place-based case studies, contributions focus on encounters and interactions across cultural difference in super-diverse cities to explore what it means to inhabit multiculturalism in our everyday lives.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: The Study of Everyday Multiculturalism
  • A.Wise & S.Velayutham PART I: NEIGHBOURHOODS Everyday Multiculturalism: Transversal Crossings and Working Class Cosmopolitans
  • A.Wise Everyday Cosmopolitanism and the Labour of Intercultural Community
  • G.Noble Practices of Difference: Analysing Multiculturalism in Everyday Life
  • G.Semi, E.Colombo, I.Camozzi & A.Frisina PART II: FOOD Kopitiam: Discursive Cosmopolitan Spaces and National Identity in Malaysian Culture and Media
  • G.Cheng Khoo Eating at the Borders: Culinary Journeys
  • J.Duruz PART III: SHOPPING Brief Encounters of an Unpredictable Kind: Everyday Multiculturalism in Two London Street Markets
  • S.Watson Street-level Cosmopolitanism: Neighbourhood Shopping Streets in Multiethnic Montreal
  • M.Radice PART IV: LEISURE The Colour of Muscle: Multiculturalism at a Brooklyn Bodybuilding Gym
  • J.Sherman Fishing the Georges River: Cultural Diversity and Urban Environments
  • H.Goodall, S.Wearing, D.Byrne & A.Cadzow PART V: EVERYDAY SOLIDARITIES, EVERYDAY POLITICS 'Rubbing along with the neighbours' - Everyday Interactions in a Diverse Neighbourhood in the North of England
  • M.Hudson, J.Phillips & K.Ray Volunteering, Social Networks, Contact Zones and Rubbish: The Case of the 'Korean Volunteer Team'
  • F.Leo Collins PART VI: EVERYDAY TENSIONS We Both Eat Rice, But That's About It: Korean and Latino Relations in Multi-ethnic Los Angeles
  • C.Han Everyday Racism in Singapore
  • S.Velayutham

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  • NCID
    BB01192429
  • ISBN
    • 9780230210370
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Basingstoke
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 282 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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