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Informationen zum Autor Bethan Harries is a Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Manchester, UK. Klappentext At a time in which race lies at the heart of so much public debate, Talking Race in Young Adulthood comes at an important moment.Drawing on ethnographic research with young adults in Manchester, Harries engages with ideas of the post-racial to explore how young adults make sense of their identities, relationships and new forms of racism, consequently revealing how and in what ways race remains a salient dimension of social experience. Indeed, this book presents news ways of thinking about how we live with difference, as Harries analyses the relationship between racism, generational identities and the spatial configurations of a city. Offering a distinct contribution to the sociology of race, this book will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in fields such as Race and Ethnicity, Urban Sociology, Human Geography, Youth Studies, Cultural Studies and Social Anthropology. Zusammenfassung Drawing on ethnographic research with young adults in Manchester, Harries engages with ideas of the post-racial to explore how young adults make sense of their identities, relationships and new forms of racism, revealing how and in what ways race remains a salient dimension of social experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter one – Introduction The research The book Chapter two – The Conflicted City Introduction The multi-layered city The city The ‘Other’ side of the city Gorton, Longsight and Moss Side Beyond the city Conclusion Chapter three - The imaginings of a ‘post-racial’ generation Introduction A ‘post-racial’ generation? The myth of sameness and the fantasy of non-racism Other times and ‘Othered’ places Mixing ? multiculture Conclusion Chapter four – Anticipating race: Race and the recognition of difference in encounters with diversity Introduction Expectations of difference No difference here Contrasted spaces: encountering the white working class Comfortable conceptions of difference Proximities to difference Learned encounters: the "unspoken code" Conclusion Chapter five – Going against the grain: resistance to identifications and the claim for multiple subjectivities Introduction Starting from the point of misrecognition White working-class identities Being ‘different’ and undermining identities of difference De-categorising identities Reworking the label: claiming a multi-faceted identity "I am not who I am supposed to be" Conclusion Chapter six – When is racism? Introduction The problem of racism Talking racism Racism and the weight of categorisation Social mixing: an inadequate counter to racism Naming racism, naming racists Conclusion Chapter seven – Conclusion Dedic ...
