Global Multiculturalism

Global Multiculturalism offers a rich collection of case studies on ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity drawn from thirteen countries, each unique in the way it understands, negotiates, and represents its diversity. A multi-disciplinary group of authors shows how, in different nations, identity groups are included, or made invisible by forced assimilation, or reviled even to the point of genocide. Framed within a theoretical discussion of national identity, transnationalism, hybridity, and diaspora, each chapter surveys the demographics and history of its country and then analyzes the dynamics of diversity.

Global Multiculturalism offers a rich collection of case studies on ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity drawn from thirteen countries_each unique in the way it understands, negotiates, and represents its diversity. A multi-disciplinary group of authors shows how, in different nations, identity groups are included, or made invisible by forced assimilation, or reviled even to the point of genocide. Framed within a theoretical discussion of national identity, transnationalism, hybridity, and diaspora, each chapter surveys the demographics and history of its country and then analyzes the dynamics of diversity. With cases ranging from Bosnia to Chiapas, Cuba to China, and Zimbabwe to France, this volume offers a truly global perspective and scope. Its genuinely comparative methodology and range of disciplinary perspectives make it a unique resource for all those seeking to understand ethnic conflict and diversity.

Chapter 1 Introduction: National Boundaries/Transnational Identities
Part 2 Part I: Multi Culturalism and Ethnicity: Contested Ownership of National Culture
Chapter 3 Miscegenation as a Metaphor for Nation Building: The ‘Douglarisation‘ Controversy in Trinidad and Tobago
Chapter 4 The Chinese in Thailand: Ethnicity and Power
Chapter 5 “To Be French:” Franco-Maghrebians and the Commission de la Nationalite
Chapter 6 Spectacular Imaginings: Performing Community in Guatemala
Part 7 Part II: Multiculturalism and Race: Alternative Constructions of Black and White
Chapter 8 Brazil: Interactions and Conflicts in a Multicultural Society
Chapter 9 Songs in a Strange Land: Race, Dual Consciousness, and the Narrative of African-American Identity in the United States
Chapter 10 Letting the Side Down: Personal Reflections on Colonial and Independent Kenya
Chapter 11 Race in the Formation of Cuban National and Cultural Identity
Part 12 Part III: Multiculturalism and Politics: Constitutional Approaches to Inequality
Chapter 13 The Zimbabwe Constitution: Race, Land Reform and Social Justice
Chapter 14 Bosnia: Two Days in November
Chapter 15 The Crisis of the Mexican State and the Nation: Chiapas as Metaphor
Chapter 16 China's Ethnicities: State Ideology and Policy in Historical Perspective
Chapter 17 Official Multiculturalism in Canada: Between Virtue and Politics