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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 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. 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 ...
