Making race matter : bodies, space, and identity / edited by Claire Alexander and Caroline Knowles.
"This collection of original pieces brings together critical perspectives on the intersection of ethnic and gender identities as spatialized forms of embodied social practice, tackling important recent themes such as whiteness, masculinity, the body, sexuality, diaspora and globalization. Desig...
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2005.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Hazel V. Carby
- Introduction / Claire Alexander and Caroline Knowles
- 1. 'Home from home' : youth, belonging and place / Les Back
- 2. Diaspora politics through style : racialized and politicized fashion in global markets / Parminder Bhachu
- 3. Global and local articulations of Asian identity / Miri Song
- 4. Comparing new migration with old : exploring the issue of asylum and settlement / Kate Reed
- 5. Making whiteness : British lifestyle migrants in Hong Kong / Caroline Knowles
- 6. Brilliant bodies, fragile minds : race, sport and the mind/body split / Brett St. Louis
- 7. Remembering bodies, healing histories : the emotional politics of everyday freedom / Denise Noble
- 8. Uses of the exotic : body, narrative, mixedness / Suki Ali
- 9. Fear and loathing in front of a mirror / Ossie Stuart
- 10. Culture, sexuality and identity in an ethnic minority community : the case of Greek-Cypriot gay men in London / Constantinos N. Phellas
- 11. Embodying violence : 'riots', dis/order and the private lives of 'the Asian gang' / Claire Alexander
- Afterwards / David Theo Goldberg.