Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity
Doing Violence, Making Race
1st Edition
By Mattias Smångs
February 25, 2020
The subject of lynching has spawned a vast body of important research, but this research suffers from important blind spots and disjunctures. By broadening the scope of research problem formulation, staking out new theoretical-analytical tracks, and drawing upon recent innovations in statistical ...
Blackness in Britain
1st Edition
Edited
By Kehinde Andrews, Lisa Amanda Palmer
December 12, 2019
Black Studies is a hugely important, and yet undervalued, academic field of enquiry that is marked by its disciplinary absence and omission from academic curricula in Britain. There is a long and rich history of research on Blackness and Black populations in Britain. However Blackness in Britain ...
Critical Reflections on Migration, 'Race' and Multiculturalism: Australia in a Global Context
1st Edition
Edited
By Martina Boese, Vince Marotta
December 12, 2019
Migration and its associated social practices and consequences have been studied within a multitude of academic disciplines and in the context of policies at local, national and regional level.This edited collection provides an introduction and critical review of conceptual developments and policy ...
Lived Experiences of Multiculture: The New Social and Spatial Relations of Diversity
1st Edition
By Sarah Neal, Katy Bennett, Allan Cochrane, Giles Mohan
December 12, 2019
In an increasingly ethnically diverse society, debates about migration, community, cultural difference and social interaction have never been more pressing.Drawing on the findings from a two-year, qualitative Economic and Social Research Council funded study of different locations across England, ...
Mixed Race in Asia: Past, Present and Future
1st Edition
Edited
By Zarine L. Rocha, Farida Fozdar
December 12, 2019
Mixed racial and ethnic identities are topics of increasing interest around the world, yet studies of mixed race in Asia are rare, despite its particular salience for Asian societies. Mixed Race in Asia seeks to reorient the field to focus on Asia, looking specifically at mixed race in China, Japan...
Return Migration and Psychosocial Wellbeing: Discourses, Policy-Making and Outcomes for Migrants and their Families
1st Edition
Edited
By Zana Vathi, Russell King
December 12, 2019
Return migration is a topic of growing interest among academics and policy makers. Nonetheless, issues of psychosocial wellbeing are rarely discussed in its context.Return Migration and Psychosocial Wellbeing problematises the widely-held assumption that return to the country of origin, especially ...
Talking Race in Young Adulthood: Race and Everyday Life in Contemporary Britain
1st Edition
By Bethan Harries
December 12, 2019
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...
The Body, Authenticity and Racism
1st Edition
By Lindsey Garratt
December 12, 2019
The modern world may believe that authenticity empowers us to be our true selves. However, is this really true for all people? Would authenticity be accepted by others if it does not fit within the conceptions of those who embody "nationally authorised" attributes?Drawing upon an in-depth study of ...
Contemporary African American Families: Achievements, Challenges, and Empowerment Strategies in the Twenty-First Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Dorothy Smith-Ruiz, Sherri Lawson Clark, Marcia Watson
December 10, 2019
For decades the black community has been perceived, both in the United States and around the world, as one which thinks alike, acts alike and lives alike - in poor and downtrodden environments. Following the persistent effects of the great recession and the American elections of 2008, now more than...
Mapping the New African Diaspora in China: Race and the Cultural Politics of Belonging
1st Edition
By Shanshan Lan
December 10, 2019
When one thinks of African diasporas, it is likely that their mind will automatically drift to locations such as Europe and America. But how much is known about the African diaspora in East Asia and, in particular, within China, where race is such a politically sensitive topic? Based on multi-sited...
The End of Black Studies: Conceptual, Theoretical, and Empirical Concerns
1st Edition
By Clovis E. Semmes
December 10, 2019
Following a history of racial oppression and segregation, Black Americans were able to move in greater numbers into previously all- or predominantly-White colleges and universities. However, they encountered normative structures that excluded or distorted the Black experience and denied Black ...
A Moral Economy of Whiteness: Four Frames of Racializing Discourse
1st Edition
By Steve Garner
September 11, 2019
A Moral Economy of Whiteness presents a working model for understanding the main ways in which white UK people make ‘race’ through talking about immigration in the twenty-first century. Based on extensive empirical interviews, Steve Garner establishes four overlapping frames through which ...