Ethnicity Books

New and Published Books

1. New Orleans in the Atlantic World

   Between Land and Sea

   Edited by William Boelhower

   The thematic project ‘New Orleans in the Atlantic World’ was planned immediately after hurricane Katrina and focuses on what meteorologists have always known: the city’s identity and destiny belong to the broader Caribbean and Atlantic worlds as perhaps no other American city does. Balanced...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Diaspora and Identity

   Perspectives on South Asian Diaspora

   Edited by Ajaya Sahoo, Gabriel Sheffer

   This book investigates the identity issues of South Asians in the diaspora. It engages the theoretical and methodological debates concerning processes of culture and identity in the contemporary context of globalisation and transnationalism. It analyses the South Asian diaspora - a perfect route to...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
3. Ethnic and Racial Minorities in Asia

   Inclusion or Exclusion?

   Edited by Michelle Ann Miller

   Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies

   Ethnic and Racial Minorities in Asia explores the relationship between ethnic minority rights and citizenship in Asia. Occupying a prominent place on the global map of conflict, Asia is one of the most ethnically diverse and racially divided regions in the world. It is also the scene of some of the...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
4. Diaspora and Citizenship

   Edited by Claire Sutherland, Elena Barabantseva

   This collection of papers discusses the impact of diasporas on the articulations and practices of legal, political, cultural and social citizenship in their country of origin. While the majority of current citizenship debates focus on the challenges and directions in which diasporic and migrant...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
5. HIV/AIDS, Health and the Media in China

   Imagined Immunity Through Racialized Disease

   By Johanna Hood

   Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series

   Approximately 90% of urban HIV/AIDS education in China occurs indirectly through non-specialist media reports. Many of these reports use images of extreme suffering and poverty to communicate an understanding of who gets HIV, why and how. This book explores an important aspect of how HIV/AIDS is...

   Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
6. Overseas Chinese, Ethnic Minorities and Nationalism

   De-Centering China

   By Elena Barabantseva

   Series: Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations

   Elena Barabantseva looks at the close relationship between state-led nationalism and modernisation, with specific reference to discourses on the overseas Chinese and minority nationalities. The interplay between modernisation programmes and nationalist discourses has shaped China’s national project...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Inter-Ethnic Dynamics in Asia

   Considering the Other through Ethnonyms, Territories and Rituals

   Edited by Christian Culas, François Robinne

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   South-East Asia is one of the most complex regions in the world as far as ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity is concerned with an extremely rich ancient and contemporary history. Because of this, it offers an exceptionally rich field of study for inter-ethnic relations. This book examines...

   Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
8. Guangdong and Chinese Diaspora

   The Changing Landscape of Qiaoxiang

   By Yow Cheun Hoe

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   China’s rapid economic growth has drawn attention to the Chinese diasporic communities and the multiple networks that link Chinese individuals and organizations throughout the world. Ethnic Chinese have done very well economically, and the role of the Chinese Diaspora in China’s economic success...

   Published February 10th 2013 by Routledge
9. Black Sportsmen (Routledge Revivals)

   By E. Cashmore

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1982, Black Sportsmen examines the effect that race has had on sportspeople. The book is based on interviews with a wide range of sportspeople from Olympic athletes to schoolchildren and novices. Written at a time when many black youths were turning to, and succeeding in sports...

   Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
10. Cultural Anthropology

    Global Forces, Local Lives, 2nd Edition

    By Jack David Eller

    Cultural Anthropology: Global Forces, Local Lives helps students understand the application of anthropological concepts to the contemporary world. It offers an exceptionally clear and readable introduction to cultural anthropology, closely relating it to key topics such as colonialism and...

    Published January 17th 2013 by Routledge