Constructions of Race, Place and Nation is intended for social and cultural geographers with an interest in race and place. It should also be of interest to political geographers, as well as social and political scientists with interests in nationalism and ethnic relations. Peter Jackson is author of Maps of Meaning (1989). This book is intended for students, researchers and libraries in race and ethnic studies throughout the social sciences. Interest will be particularly strong among social geographers.
Constructions Race Place Nat
Summary
With racism on the increase across Europe, and nationalist divisions proliferating throughout the world, this book offers its perspective on debates of crucial contemporary significance. The contributions deal with questions of race in a variety of geographical settings.
Constructions Race Place Nat Summary
Table of Contents
Placing race and nation, Peter Jackson and Jan Penrose. Part 1 Constructing the nation: Reification in the name of change - the impact of nationalism on social constructions of nation, people and place in Scotland and the United Kingdom, Jan Penrose; immigration and nation-building in Canada and the United Kingdom, Susan J. Smith. Part 2 Constructions of aboriginality: constructing geographies - race, place and the making of Sydney's Aboriginal Redfern, Kay J. Anderson; shake 'im this country - the mapping of the aboriginal sacred in Australia - the case of Coronation Hill, Jane M. Jacobs. Part 3 Places of resistance: sites of resistance - place, race and gender as sources of empowerment, Helen Clark; constructions of Muslim identity and the contesting of power - the debate over Muslim schools in the United Kingdom, Claire Dwyer. Part 4 Politics and position: contours of crisis - anti-racism and reflexivity, Alastair Bonnett; policing difference - race and crime in metropolitan Toronto, Peter Jackson; conclusion - identity and the politics of difference, Jan Penrose and Peter Jackson.
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