Contesting culture : discourses of identity in multi-ethnic London / Gerd Baumann

Baumann, Gerd (b. 1953-)

ISBN 10: 052155554X / ISBN 13: 9780521555548

Edité par Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996

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Signed. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiii, 215 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm. Subjects; Ethnicity England London. Ethnic neighborhoods England London. Community life England London. Multiculturalism England London. Multiculturalism. Social conditions. 1 Kg.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Contesting culture : discourses of identity in multi-ethnic London / Gerd Baumann
• Éditeur: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 052155554X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521555548
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: First Edition.
• Poids: 1 kilogramme
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur

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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.