Multicultural Horizons - Diversity and the Limits of the Civil Nation

Informationen zum Autor Anne-Marie Fortier is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Lancaster University. Her research interests revolve around critical race studies, critical migration studies, feminist, queer and postcolonial theory. She is the author of Migrant Belongings (2000) and co-editor of Uprootings/Regroundings (2003). Klappentext Introducing the concept of 'multicultural intimacies', this book offers a new form of critical engagement with the cultural politics of multiculturalism, one that attends to ideals of mixing, loving thy neighbour and feelings for the nation. In the first study of its kind, Fortier considers the anxieties, desires, and issues that form representations of 'multicultural Britain' available in the public domain. Zusammenfassung Introducing the concept of 'multicultural intimacies', this book offers a form of critical engagement with the cultural politics of multiculturalism, one that attends to ideals of mixing, loving thy neighbour and feelings for the nation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Horizons of Intimacies 2. Pride, Shame and the Skin of Citizenship 3. 'Children of Multicultural Britain': The Good, the Bad, the Uncanny 4. Loving thy Neighbour and the Politics of Interethnic Propinquity 5. How Does it Feel?: Feeling States and the Limits of the Civil Nation

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Anne-Marie Fortier, Anne-Marie (University of Lancaster Fortier, FORTIER ANNE MARIE, Fortier Anne-Ma
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 19.03.2008
• EAN: 9780415396080
• ISBN: 978-0-415-39608-0
• Pages: 150
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Thèmes: International Library of Sociology; International Library of Sociology
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Ethnologie > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Social and cultural anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General