Ethnicity as a Political Resource
Conceptualizations across Disciplines, Regions, and Periods
How is ethnicity viewed by scholars of different academic disciplines? Can its emergences be compared in various regions of the world? How can it be conceptualized with specific reference to distinct historical periods?
This book shows in a uniquely and innovative way the broad range of approaches to the political uses of ethnicity, both in contemporary settings and from a historical perspective. Its scope is multidisciplinary and spans across the globe.
It is a suitable resource for teaching material. With its short contributions, it conveys central points of how to understand and analyze ethnicity as a political resource.
Overview Chapters
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Frontmatter
Seiten 1 - 4 -
Contents
Seiten 5 - 6 -
Preface of the editors
Seiten 7 - 8 -
Preface of the editors
Seiten 7 - 8 -
Ethnicity as a political resource in different academic disciplines
Introduction: Ethnicity as a political resource viewed by scholars from different academic disciplines
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Ethnicity from an anthropological perspective
Seiten 25 - 38 -
More than meets the eye
Seiten 39 - 56 -
The universal and the particular
Seiten 57 - 74 -
Rethinking 'race' from Asian perspectives
Seiten 75 - 84 -
Ethnicity as social deixis
Seiten 85 - 96 -
Ethnicity as a political resource in different regions of the world
Introduction: Ethnicity as a political resource in different regions of the world
Seiten 99 - 106 -
Politicizing ethnicity – ethnicizing politics
Seiten 107 - 116 -
The contestation over the indigenous in Africa
Seiten 117 - 134 -
Ethnicity as a political resource
Seiten 135 - 150 -
Ethnicity or nationality?
Seiten 151 - 168 -
Ethnicity as a political resource across different historical periods
Introduction: Ethnicity as a political resource across different historical periods
Seiten 171 - 182 -
Ethnicity in history
Seiten 183 - 200 -
Political uses of ethnicity in early medieval Europe
Seiten 201 - 208 -
The work of race in colonial Peru
Seiten 209 - 220 -
Araucanos or 'Mapuches'?
Seiten 221 - 236 -
Chinese in the Cuban revolution
Seiten 237 - 252 -
Authors
Seiten 253 - 260
6 August 2015, 260 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8376-3013-8
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