Contesting Culture: Discourses of Identity in Multi-Ethnic London: 100 (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Series Number 100)

Gerd Baumann (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

ISBN 10: 052155554X / ISBN 13: 9780521555548

Edité par Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, Cambridge, 1996

This innovative 1996 study presents an account of the interaction of people from different ethnic backgrounds who live in Southall, the most densely populated, multi-ethnic ghetto in the London area. Breaking with the tradition of studying a single ethnic community, Gerhard Baumann treats Southall as a social field, in which various immigrant groups come to terms with one another and with the dominant, if distant, host culture. The people of Southall affirm ethnic distinctiveness in some contexts, but they are also engaged in rethinking their identities and in debating the meaning of their cultural heritage. This book is at once a vivid ethnographic account of an aspect of contemporary British life, and a challenge to the conventional discourse of community studies. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR004722866

Synopsis :

A vivid 1996 ethnographic account of an aspect of contemporary British life, and a challenge to the conventional discourse of community studies.

Présentation de l'éditeur: This innovative 1996 study presents an account of the interaction of people from different ethnic backgrounds who live in Southall, the most densely populated, multi-ethnic ghetto in the London area. Breaking with the tradition of studying a single ethnic community, Gerhard Baumann treats Southall as a social field, in which various immigrant groups come to terms with one another and with the dominant, if distant, host culture. The people of Southall affirm ethnic distinctiveness in some contexts, but they are also engaged in rethinking their identities and in debating the meaning of their cultural heritage. This book is at once a vivid ethnographic account of an aspect of contemporary British life, and a challenge to the conventional discourse of community studies.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Contesting Culture: Discourses of Identity ...
Éditeur : Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, Cambridge
Date d'édition : 1996
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good