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245	0	0	_aTheories of race and ethnicity: contemporary debates and perspectives
260			_aCambridge _bCambridge University Press _c2015
300			_axiv, 292 p.
504			_aTable of Content: 1. Introduction: situating the present Karim Murji and John Solomos Part I. Debates: Introduction to Part I 2. Race and the science of difference in the age of genomics Sandra Soo-Jin Lee 3. Colour-blind egalitarianism as the new racial norm Charles A. Gallagher 4. Getting over the Obama hope hangover: the new racism in 'post-racial' America Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (with Victor E. Ray) 5. Does a recognition of mixed race move us toward post-race? Miri Song 6. Acting 'as' and acting 'as if': two approaches to the politics of race and migration Leah Bassel 7. Can race be eradicated? The post-racial problematic Brett St Louis Part II. Perspectives: Introduction to Part II 8. Superseding race in sociology: the perspective of critical rationalism Michael Banton 9. Critical race feminism Adrien K. Wing 10. Performativity and 'raced' bodies Shirley Tate 11. Racism: psychoanalytic and psycho-social approaches Simon Clarke 12. The sociology of whiteness: beyond good and evil white people Matthew W. Hughey 13. (Sexual) whiteness and national identity: race, class and sexuality in colour-blind France Éric Fassin 14. Racial comparisons, relational racisms: some thoughts on method David Theo Goldberg 15. Conclusion: back to the future Karim Murji and John Solomos.
520			_a How have research agendas on race and ethnic relations changed over the past two decades and what new developments have emerged? Theories of Race and Ethnicity provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge collection of theoretically grounded and empirically informed essays. It covers a range of key issues in race and ethnicity studies, such as genetics and race, post-race debates, racial eliminativism and the legacy of Barack Obama, and mixed race identities. The contributions are by leading writers on a range of perspectives employed in studying ethnicity and race, including critical race feminism, critical rationalism, psychoanalysis, performativity, whiteness studies and sexuality. Written in an authoritative yet accessible style, this volume is suitable for researchers and advanced students, offering scholars a survey of the state of the art in the literature, and students an overview of the field. A unique set of views on race and ethnicity by writers committed to advancing scholarship Covers some of the latest issues and debates in the field, including genetics, post-race eliminativism and mixed race identities from a range of perspectives Opening and closing editorial chapters provide a route map of shifts in the field of race and ethnicity studies, and return to some recurring debates to demonstrate how the field changes and has continuing and persisting questions in theorising race and ethnicity http://www.cambridge.org/gu/academic/subjects/sociology/sociology-race-and-ethnicity/theories-race-and-ethnicity-contemporary-debates-and-perspectives?format=HB
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700	1		_aSolomos, John _eEditor _9336940
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