| Description |
xiii, 305 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / David Bennett -- Pt. I. The limits of pluralism. 2. Culture's in between / Homi K. Bhabha. 3. Liberalism and minority culture: Reflections on 'Culture's in between' / David Bennett and Homi K. Bhabha. 4. Five types of identity and difference / Terry Eagleton. 5. Economies of value / John Frow. 6. Multiculturalism or multinationalism? / Maria Koundoura -- Pt. II. Multiculturalism and the nation: histories, policies, practices. 7. Modernity and ethnicity in India / Dipesh Chakrabarty. 8. Between ethnicity and nationhood: Shaka Day and the struggle over Zuluness in post-apartheid South Africa / Susan Mathieson and David Attwell. 9. Postcolonialism: The case of Ireland / Terry Eagleton. 10. Multicultural imagined communities: Cultural difference and national identity in the USA and Australia / Jon Stratton and Ien Ang. 11. Globalisation and the myth of ethnic community: Salvadoran refugees in multicultural states / Beryl Langer |
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12. The politics of national identity and the pedagogy of multiculturalism in the USA / Henry A. Giroux. 13. Ethnicity and education: Biculturalism in New Zealand / Anne Maxwell. 14. The technology of ethnicity: Canadian multiculturalism and the language of law / Smaro Kamboureli -- Pt. III. Positionings. 15. Lunching for the republic: Feminism, the media and identity politics in the Australian republicanism debate / Meaghan Morris. 16. Riding multiculturalism / Gargi Bhattacharyya. 17. Re:locations - Rethinking Britain from Accra, New York, and the Map Room of the British Museum / Abena P. A. Busia. 18. Counterpoints: Nationalism, colonialism, multiculturalism, etc. in personal perspective / Ihab Hassan |
| Summary |
This text combines general theoretical discussions of the principles of cultural pluralism, nationalism, and minority identities with informative studies of specific local histories and political conflicts |
| Analysis |
Australia overseas comparisons |
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Cultural identity |
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Federal issue |
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Multiculturalism |
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National identity |
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Pluralism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web by subscription to netLibrary, Inc. (CEIRC Shared Collection) |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Cultural pluralism -- Case studies.
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Ethnicity -- Political aspects.
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Multiculturalism.
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Cultural pluralism -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Bennett, David, 1949-
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| LC no. |
98017304 |
| ISBN |
0415121582 (hbk.) |
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0415121590 (paperback) |
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