Creating Ethnicity: The Process of Ethnogenesis - Couverture rigide

Roosens, Eugeen E.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 080393422X ISBN 13 : 9780803934221

Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 1990

Synopsis

Creating Ethnicity raises the important question of `what is ethnic?′ Using case studies from Canada, Zaire, Belgium and Bolivia, Roosens shows that ethnicity does not always stem from ancient tradition, but can be shaped, modified, recreated or even manufactured in modern society. The author largely focuses on the Huron Indians of Quebec, an ethnic group that had all but disappeared, but which manufactured an ethnic tradition almost from scratch in the midst of a modern, industrialized nation. They are contrasted with other ethnic groups in other countries, whose paths to ethnic identity were very different. Finally, Roosens examines a contemporary European city, Brussels, and shows how various ethnic minorities preserved, shaped and generated their own identity in a multi-ethnic society. From these examples Roosens develops a theory of ethnic culture and how it is manifest in the modern world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Inc
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 080393422X
• ISBN 13: 9780803934221
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible