Ethnicity as a political resource conceptualizations across disciplines, regions, and periods

How is ethnicity viewed by scholars of different academic disciplines? Can its emergences be compared in various regions of the world? How can it be conceptualized with specific reference to distinct historical periods? This book shows in a uniquely and innovative way the broad range of approaches...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: University of Cologne Forum. (Editor)
Autores Corporativos: University of Cologne Forum (Editor), University of Cologne Forum "Ethnicity as a Political Resource", editor (editor), Conceptualizing ethnicity as a political resource (-)
Otros Autores: University of Cologne Forum »Ethnicity as a Political Resource«, , editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2015
Bielefeld, Germany : [2015]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Global Studies
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Preface of the editors 7 Introduction: Ethnicity as a political resource viewed by scholars from different academic disciplines 11 Ethnicity from an anthropological perspective 25 More than meets the eye 39 The universal and the particular 57 Rethinking 'race' from Asian perspectives 75 Ethnicity as social deixis 85 Introduction: Ethnicity as a political resource in different regions of the world 99 Politicizing ethnicity - ethnicizing politics 107 The contestation over the indigenous in Africa 117 Ethnicity as a political resource 135 Ethnicity or nationality? 151 Introduction: Ethnicity as a political resource across different historical periods 171 Ethnicity in history 183 Political uses of ethnicity in early medieval Europe 201 The work of race in colonial Peru 209 Araucanos or 'Mapuches'? 221 Chinese in the Cuban revolution 237 Authors 253