Ethnic studies / Ethnicity Books

Book SynopsisWorldwide, over 75 million people are involuntarily childless, a devastating experience for many with significant consequences for the social and psychological well-being of women in particular. Despite greater levels of infertility and strong cultural meanings attached to having children, little attention has been paid politically or academically to the needs of minority ethnic women and men. This groundbreaking volume is the first to highlight the ways in which diverse ethnic, cultural and religious identities impact upon understandings of technological solutions for infertility and associated treatment experiences within Western societies. It offers a corrective to the dominance of the narratives of hegemonic groups in infertility research. The collection begins with a discussion of fertility prevalence and access to treatment for minorities in the West and considers some of the key methodological challenges for social research on ethnicity and infertility. Drawing on primary research from the US, the UK, Eire, Germany, the Netherlands and Australia, the book then turns the spotlight onto the ways in which minority status and cultural and religious mores might impact on the experience of infertility and assisted reproductive technologies. It argues that more equitable access to culturally competent assisted conception services should be an essential component of a transformatory politics of infertility.Trade Review'An exciting piece of academic work that is 'user friendly', well structured and thoroughly engaging' Diversity in Health and Care 'This important and highly illuminating book fills a large gap in the literature on infertility and reproductive technologies and should be read by everyone with a connection to the field.' Professor Susan Golombok, Director of Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge 'This impressive multi-disciplinary collection makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the relationship between infertility, ethnicity and culture and how ethnicity and culture shape the experience of infertility in the West. The editors and chapter authors draw attention to important theoretical and methodological issues and to health and policy concerns.' Gayle Letherby, Professor of Sociology, University of Plymouth 'The editors have done an excellent job of compiling in one place a group of informative and interesting chapters which draw our attention to a new perspective from which to view both the experience of infertility and the reality of industrialised societies.' From the foreword by Professor Arthur L. Greil, Alfred University, New York 'As a multi-disciplinary collection, this volume offers a range of perspectives on how ethnicity, culture and infertility play out in particular contexts. As well as discussing experience of and policy around infertility, the chapters offer glimpses of the rich cultural critique available by examining the majority culture from the viewpoint of the involuntarily infertile minority ethnic couple.' Sociology Of Health and Illness 'Should it be read by everyone with a connection to the field as Susan Golombok states on the cover? The answer has to be yes, if we are to improve the lot of minority groups and work towards better access to assisted conception.' BioNews 'It is technically detailed and also informative to all categories of reader...the book is packed with realities and well presented facts about infertility.' Omlola Ashadele, International Journal of Health Planning and Management.Table of ContentsForeword Introduction: Ethnicity, Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technologies Part I: Researching Infertility, Ethnicity and Culture 1. Dominant Narratives and Excluded Voices: Research on Ethnic Differences in Access to Assisted Conception in More Developed Societies 2. Infertility and Culture: Explanations, Implications and Dilemmas 3. Making Sense of Ethnic Diversity, Difference and Disadvantage within the Context of Multicultural Societies 4. Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Research: Necessity, Opportunity and Adverse Effects 5. What Difference Does Our Difference Make in Researching Infertility? Part II: Exploring Infertility, Ethnicity and Culture in National Contexts 6. Commonalities, Differences and Possibilities: Culture and Infertility in British South Asian Communities 7. 'Anything to Become a Mother': Migrant Turkish Women's Experiences of Involuntary Childlessness and Assisted Reproductive Technologies in London 8. Infertile Turkish and Moroccan Minority Groups in the Netherlands: Patients' Views on Problems within Infertility Care 9. Treating the Afflicted Body: Perceptions of Infertility and Ethnomedicine among Fertile Hmong Women in Australia 10. Experiences from a Constitutional State: Ireland's Problematic Embryo 11. Marginalized, Invisible and Unwanted: American Minority Struggles with Infertility and Assisted Conception Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisThe Greek and Jewish diasporas are the most significant diasporas of Western civilisation. "Homelands and Diasporas" is the first book to explore the similarities and differences between these two experiences. In the process it sheds fascinating light on their fundamental importance for both Greek and Jewish societies. The authors examine Greek and Jewish diasporas throughout history, from classical and Biblical times to the present, and all over the world - in Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, Russia, the Near and Middle East, Spain and the US. They analyse the very nature of diaspora, examining both the Greek concept of noble expansion and the Jewish idea of enforced exile, and analyse community structures as well as social and religious networks, combining Scriptural analysis with cultural and political history. Diaspora is a difficult and emotive concept but "Homelands and Diasporas" offers a balanced and perceptive guide to the connected histories of these two peoples away from their homelands.Table of ContentsList of Contributors – 11-15 Remarks on the Method of Transliteration – 17-18 Acknowledgements – 19-20 Preface – 21-32 Introduction: People of the Book, People of the Sea: Mirror Images of the Soul (Minna Rozen) – 35-81 Part 1: The Genesis of Diasporas Chapter One: Exile – The Biblical Perspectives (Bustenay Oded) – 85-92 Chapter Two: Between Greek Colony and Mother-City: Some Reflections (Panagiotis N. Doukellis) – 93-106 Part II: Pre-Modern Diaspora: Patterns of Behavior Chapter One: The Jewish Politeuma in Alexandria: A Pattern of Jewish Communal Life in the Greco-Roman Diaspora (Aryeh Kasher) – 109-125 Chapter Two: Collective Expatriations of Greeks in the Fifteenth through Seventeenth Centuries (Anastassia Papadia-Lala) – 127-133 Part III: The Diaspora In Its Various Guises A. The Greek Diaspora: Practical Solutions Chapter One: Reconstituting Community: Cultural Differentiation and Identity Politics in Christian Orthodox Communities during the Late Ottoman Era (Haris Exertzoglou) – 137-154 Chapter Two: The ‘Old’ Diaspora, the ‘New’ Diaspora, and the Greek Diaspora in the Eighteenth through Nineteenth Centuries Vienna (Vasiliki Seirinidou) – 155-159 Chapter Three: Greek Diaspora in Southern Russia in the Eighteenth through Nineteenth Centuries (Vassilis Kardasis) – 161-167 Chapter Four: Central and Peripheral Communities in the Greek Diaspora: Interlocal and Local Economic, Political, and Cultural Networks in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (Olga Katsiardi-Hering) – 169-180 B. The Jewish Diaspora: Spiritual Solutions Chapter Five: A Land Adored Yet Feared: The Land of Israel in Jewish Tradition (Aviezer Ravitsky) – 183-210 Chapter Six: Spain, Greece or Jerusalem? The Yearning for the Motherland in the Poetry of Greek Jews (Shmuel Refael) – 211-223 Part IV: The Modern World and Its Demise Chapter One: Breaks ad Continuities in German-Jewish Identity (Yfaat Weiss) – 227-234 Chapter Two: The Metamorphosis of Pre-Dubnovian Autonomism into Diaspora Jewish Nationalism (Marcos Silber) – 235-255 Chapter Three: Does Money Talk? The Struggle between American Zionists and the Yishuv in the Early 1940s (Zohar Segev) – 257-278 Chapter Four: Greek Orthodox Church Networks in the Near East and the Emergence of Arab Nationalism (1899-1947) (Sotirios Roussos) – 279-292 Chapter Five: Center and Diaspora in the Struggle for Human Rights: The State of Israel and the Jewish ‘Desaparecidos’ in Argentina during the Military Regime (1976-1983) (Efraim Zadoff) – 293-303 Chapter Six: Jewish Diaspora and the Privatization of Israeli Society (Daniel Gutwein) – 305-322 Conclusion: Diaspora, Identity, and Nation-Building (Paschalis M. Kitromilides) – 323-331 Notes – 333-417 Index – 419-444

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Book SynopsisThe Tuareg (Kel Tamasheq) are an ancient nomadic people who have inhabited the Sahara, one of the most extreme environments in the world, for millennia. In what ways have the lives of the Tuareg changed, and what roles do they have, in a modern and increasingly globalized world? Here, leading scholars explore the many facets of contemporary Tuareg existence: from transnational identity to international politics, from economy to social structure, from music to beauty, from mobility to slavery. This book provides a comprehensive portrait of Saharan life in transition, presenting an important new theoretical approach to the anthropology and history of the region. Dealing with issues of mobility, cosmopolitanism, and transnational movements, this is essential reading for students and scholars of the history, culture and society of the Tuareg, of nomadic peoples, and of North Africa more widely. This book is the first comprehensive study of the Tuareg today, exploring the ways in which the Tuareg themselves are moving global.Trade Review'[This] is a book that comes at the right time, when the need to rethink Tuareg culture - and other African cultures - in their wider (now 'global') context has become widely and deeply felt in African Studies. It embodies vast amounts of first-class fieldwork and deploys insightful conceptual frames in the exploration of the empirical evidence. - I believe it will appeal not only to established academics, but also to students - and not only to those specialising in the study of the Tuareg.' - Dr P.F. de Moraes Farias, Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre of West African Studies, University of Birmingham; 'By focusing on the transitions of Tuareg societies whose 'classical' delimitations by ethnographers and anthropologists become more and more doubtful - [this book] actually takes into account the contemporary reality of the Tuareg who live in the borderlands between Mali, Niger, Algeria and Libya. In this context they want to explore the consequences of the various aspects of globalisation, and, the various ways the Tuareg respond to and cope with growing influences from the outside.' - Dr Georg Klute, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of BayreuthTable of Contents1. Tuareg Moving Global: An Introduction Ines Kohl and Anja Fischer PART I: WHERE IS SAHARAN ANTHROPOLOGY GOING? 2. Research and Nomads in the Age of Globalization Anja Fischer 3. Tuareg Networks: An Integrated Approach to Mobility and Stasis Alessandra Giuffrida 4. Tuareg City Blues: Cultural Capital in a Global Cosmopole Baz Lecocq PART II: FROM PAST TO PRESENT: ONGOING DISCOURSES 5. Foreign Cloth and Kel Ewey Identity Gerd Spittler 6. Genesis and Change in the Socio-political Structure of the Tuareg Dida Badi 7. Tuareg Trajectories of Slavery: Preliminary Reflections on a Changing Field Benedetta Rossi PART III: DIVERSIFIED NORMS AND VALUES 8. The Price of Marriage: Shifting Boundaries, Compromised Agency and the Effects of Globalization on Iklan Marriages Annemarie Bouman 9. Debating Beauties: Contested and Changing Female Bodily Aesthetics of Fatness among the Tuareg Susan Rasmussen 10. Libya, the ‘Europe of Ishumar’: Between Losing and Reinventing Tradition Ines Kohl 11. The Ishumar Guitar: Emergence, Circulation and Evolution, from the Diasporic Performances to the World Scene Nadia Belalimat 12. Between the Worlds: Tuareg as Entrepreneurs in Tourism Marko Scholze PART IV: SAHARA: GLOBAL PLAYGROUND 13. Ambiguous Meanings of Ikufar and their Role in Development Projects Sarah Lunacek 14. Resisting Imperialism: Tuareg Threaten US, Chinese and Other Foreign Interests Jeremy Keenan

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Book SynopsisIn the space of a generation, Cyprus - the island of Aphrodite, goddess of beauty and love - has experienced an anti-colonial struggle, post-colonial chaos, internecine fighting and hatred, civil war, invasion, population displacements and physical partition. The narrative of Cyprus' recent history has created numerous attitudes and prejudices which run deep but which have never before been explored on a human level. Now for the first time Yiannis Papadakis, firmly planted in the Greek Cypriot world, sets out to discover 'The Other' - the much maligned Turks. Papadakis decided with some trepidation to travek to Constantinople (to his Greek worldview it was still Constantinople) to learn Turkish. There he discovered that actually it is Istanbul, and that Turkey is not the place of his once imagined demonology. Armed with new insights he returned to Cyprus and delved into the two communities, locked in their mutually contemptuous embrace, to explore their common humanity and to understand what has divided them. He focused on Nicosia where the people who used to live together in one neighbourhood found themselves separated by a 'Dead Zone', two armies and a UN force. His was a journey to the various sides of the Dead Zone and to the various zones of the dead, the realms of memory and history. This book is the moving, sometimes humorous and always fascinating account of that journey.Trade Review'Packed with historical information. It also contains moving personal testimonies from the kind of ordinary people whose voices are not usually heard above the drum beating din of history. What makes it really memorable though, is its wry humour.' - Irish Times 'He [Papadakis] can also be seen as shedding new light on old wounds - and doing his compatriots an enormous (an enormously healing) favour in the process.' - Irish Times 'Papadakis combines his excellent scholarly skills and personal background to explore the issues of identity, perceptions and narratives in Cyprus... The book is virtually free of academic terminology; stylistically, it is more like a travel book. It is humorous, moving and disturbing.' - Journal of Peace Research 'This bold book could be a cornerstone not simply in the literature, but in the resolution of the Cyprus conflict.' - Global Dialogue 'A poignant account of the ways in which collective identities surface in official and unofficial historical registers... a brave attempt to reappraise the past looking for disciples in anthropology and beyond.' - Rodanthi Tzanelli, Ethnic and Racial Studies 'Papadakis' text stands out as providing a much-needed anthropological and humanist insight into a conflict on which so much has been repeatedly and derivatively published over the years.'- Cyprus Review 'If we do not develop new ways of understanding such conflict, they may well endlessly replicate themselves. Papadakis' superb study makes this point all too clear.' - Cyprus Review Canadian Journal of Sociology Online July- August 2006 'Papadakis, has written a unique book that is a pleasure to read. It should be on the bookshelf of anyone interested in understanding the people of Cyprus and their recent unhappy history.' - Tozun Bahcheli. Postcolonial Studies, Vol. 9, No 3. 2006 'Remarkable'. -Christopher Connery and Vanita Seth. Ethnic and racial studies vol.29 No. 3 May 2006 Book Reviews 'The book is a poignant account of the ways in which collective identities surface in official and unofficial historical registers.' - Rodanthi Tzanelli. Journal of Peace Research Vol 42. 2005. 'A captivating book'. - Malte Pehl. Global Dialogue: Vol 7. 2005. ' The compelling tale of one man's voyage of discovery to 'the other side' is the superscript on the cover of this book, announcing at once its ambivalent location in the genres of both novel-writing and academic monograph, its highly reflexive approach, and its author's charming self-mocking humour.' -Olga Demetriou.

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Book SynopsisVillage people in the Punjab have lived with the terror of the conflict between Sikh militants and Indian security forces since the attack on the Sikh Golden Temple in 1984. In this remarkable book, a courageous anthropologist who knows the region intimately presents a very human portrait of the struggle. She argues that, despite its apparent defeat, it can only be in abeyance while the root causes, which have prompted so many young Sikhs to take up arms and fight for an independent Khalistan, remain unaddressed. Through the skilful use of interviews, Dr Pettigrew takes us into the worlds of Punjabi farmers, Sikh militants, and the police commanders responsible for containing a vicious conflict whose ramifications have spilled beyond the Punjab into wider Indian politics.Trade Review'No other scholar in the West as the knowledge, the analytical skill, or the sympathy to present a study of the Punjab during the violent confrontation of 1984 to 1992.'Paul R. Brass, University of WashingtonTable of Contents Map Preface Acknowledgements Glossary Abbreviations Part I: The Sikhs of Punjab: Place and People since 1984 1. State Terror 2. The Rise of Resistance, Political and Militant 3. The Guerrilla Movement 4. History and Organisation of the Khalistan Commando Force 5. Police, Guerrillas and Local Populations Part II: Children of Waheguru 6. Introduction 7. Profiles of Khalistan Commando Force Guerrillas: 'Sparrows into Hawks' 8. Concluding Remarks Appendices Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFrom the zoot suit and Black dandy through to Rastafarianism and beyond, Black style has had a profound influence on the history of dress in the twentieth century. Yet despite this high profile, the dress styles worn by men and women of the African diaspora have received scant attention, even though the culture itself has been widely documented from historical, sociological and political perspectives. Focusing on counter - and sub-cultural contexts, this book investigates the role of dress in the creation and assertion of Black identity. From the home-dressmaking of Jamaican women, through to the Harlem Renaissance and contemporary streetstyles such as Hip-Hop and Raggamuffin, Black Britons, African Americans and Jamaicans have been at the forefront of establishing a variety of Black identities. In their search for a self-image that expresses their diaspora experience, members of these groups have embraced the cultural shapers of modernity and postmodernity in their dress. Drawing on materials from the United States, Britain and Jamaica, this book fills a gap in both the history of Black culture and the history of dress, which has until recently focused on high fashion in Europe. Because dress can both initiate and confirm change, it provides an especially useful tool for analyzing identity and resistance.Trade ReviewAn amazing new celebration of black style, from Billie Holiday to Malcolm X … the product of a lifetime’s research. * The Observer *Readers/researchers interested in understanding the style practices of the African diaspora, or looking for ways to understand the field from a position that allows for a richer and more complicated ways of observing dress history [will] certainly get something from this book. * The Journal of Dress History *In this engaging book, Tulloch (Univ. of the Arts, London) expands on her work on the ‘styled black body’…She uses an image or object—of the 2006 Stoned Cherrie Steve Biko T-shirt, say—and discusses its cultural weight and significance, presents readings and ‘wonderings’ (from her colleague Mona Choo), and then offers her own ‘alternative reading.’ The end result is a winsome mix of approaches to her subjects, backed up by serious scholarship. Summing up: Recommended. * CHOICE *The Birth of Cool makes a unique contribution to studies of dress and culture, as well as to black studies and diaspora studies. Tulloch deconstructs and reconstructs black aesthetics to open new pathways for understanding the lives and social histories of figures like Billie Holiday and Malcolm X. It is one of the most impressive works I have read in years. * D. Soyini Madison, Northwestern University, USA *The Birth of Cool offers a passionate reflexive analysis of transnational black glamour as an expression of undeniable presence, knowledge, and agency. As a foundational text, this book offers readers a deeper and more historical understanding of contemporary 'cool response' activism perhaps most famously practiced by Barack Obama, but visibly evident across the entire African diaspora. * Annette Lynch, University of Northern Iowa, USA *Table of ContentsPROVISIONAL Introduction Angel in the Market Place: The African-Jamaican Higgler 'All of Me': Billie Holiday Lasting Impressions: Harlem, Portraiture and Newness Strawberries and Cream: Dress, Migration and the Quintessence of Englishness My Man Let Me Pull Your Coat to Something: Malcolm X Beyond the Frame: Hair, Headwraps and Identity

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be young in a changing world? How are migration, settlement and new urban cultures shaping young lives? And in particular, are race, place and class still meaningful to contemporary youth cultures? This path-breaking book shows how young people are responding differently to recent social, economic and cultural transformations. From the spirit of white localism deployed by de-industrialized football supporters, to the hybrid multicultural exchanges displayed by urban youth, young people are finding new ways of wrestling with questions of race and ethnicity. Through globalization is whiteness now being displaced by black culture -- in fashion, music and slang -- and if so, what impact is this having on race politics? Moreover, what happens to those people and places that are left behind by changes in late modernity? By developing a unique brand of spatial cultural studies, this book explores complex formations of race and class as they arise in the subtle textures of whiteness, respectability and youth subjectivity. This is the first book to look specifically at young ethnicities through the prism of local-global change. Eloquently written, its riveting ethnographic case studies and insider accounts will ensure that this book becomes a benchmark publication for writing on race in years to come.Trade Review'Race, Place and Globalization is a critical ethnography of the construction of young white masculinities in North-East England. It provides a locally grounded understanding of the experience of globalization from the perspective of those at its cutting edge. The Real Geordies, Charver Kids, Wiggers and Wannabees who we encounter in the course of this most engaging book are no ciphers of some abstract social theory. In Anoop Nayaks skilful narrative, they emerge as real, live, embodied and contradictory identities. The author combines a geographical interest in the dynamics of place, space and location with a wider perspective on the cultural politics of race, class and gender. It makes compelling reading and deserves a wide audience.'Peter Jackson, University of Sheffield 'Cross-racial identifications among young people of various racial backgrounds in England, but also racisms, are the topics of "Race, Place and Globalization: Youth Cultures in a Changing

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Book SynopsisThe essays in this collection are a tribute to Stuart Hall, and to the outstanding contribution he has made to contemporary cultural, social and political thought. The central figure in the development of Cultural Studies, Hall's writing has influenced a whole generation of intellectuals. Some contributors reflect and comment on Hall's contribution; others continue to develop some of his key themes. But most share a focus on reconnecting his work with Jamaica - his birthplace - and the wider Caribbean.Table of ContentsContents * Brian Meeks Introduction: Return of a Native Son * Rex Nettleford The Caribbean and Cultural Studies * Michael Rustin Stuart Hall's Political Writing * Bill Schwarz Reading with the Grain * Gilane Tawadros The Revolution Stripped Bare * Avtar Brah Feminism, 'Race' and Stuart Hall's Diasporic Imagination * Grant Farred Locating the 'Popular Arts' in the Stuart Hall Oeuvre * Lawrence Grossberg Cultural Studies and the Philosophy of Conjuncturalism * Charles Mills Changing Representations of Race * Cecilia Green Thomas Thistlewood as Agent and Medium of Eighteenth-Century Jamaican Society * Obika Grey Civic Politics in Jamaica * Anthony Borgues Rethinking the Political in the Caribbean * Sonjah Stanley Niaah and Donna Hope The Body and Dancehall Performance * Percy Hintzen Diaspora, Globalisation and the Politics of Identity * Stuart Hall Through the Prism of an Intellectual Life

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Book SynopsisThis is the first in a series of "Soundings" books. It brings together a collection of the best of recent work on race and identity in Soundings, and includes a new introductory essay. Themes covered include multiculturalism and segregation; young people and gun crime; British identity and melancholia; conviviality; identity and belonging; and, cosmopolitanism and institutional racism. Contributors include: Zygmunt Bauman, Farhad Dalal, Paul Gilroy, Bilkis Malek, Tariq Modood, Roshi Naidoo, Amir Saeed, George Shire, Ejos Ubiribo, Patrick Wright, and Nira Yuval-Davis.

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Book SynopsisOne of the leading thinkers to emerge in the postwar conservative intellectual revival was the sociologist Robert Nisbet. His book The Quest for Community, published in 1953, stands as one of the most persuasive accounts of the dilemmas confronting modern society. Nearly a half century before Robert Putnam documented the atomization of society in Bowling Alone, Nisbet argued that the rise of the powerful modern state had eroded the sources of community—the family, the neighborhood, the church, the guild. Alienation and loneliness inevitably resulted. But as the traditional ties that bind fell away, the human impulse toward community led people to turn even more to the government itself, allowing statism—even totalitarianism—to flourish. ISI Books is proud to present this new edition of Nisbet’s magnum opus, featuring a brilliant introduction by New York Times columnist Ross Douthat and three critical essays. Published at a time when our communal life has only grown weaker and when many Americans display cultish enthusiasm for a charismatic president, this new edition of The Quest for Community shows that Nisbet’s insights are as relevant today as ever.

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Book SynopsisMapping the boundaries between ancient societies through studies of "ethnicity," migration, or economic systems is of perennial interest to archaeologists, who typically have taken two divergent approaches. North American archaeologists have studies formal variation in the style of finished products, while the French tradition, exploring links between cognition and technical choice, has focused on how variation occurs during the manufacturing process.Fourteen contributors examine an array of media -- from ceramics and personal ornaments to architecture and site structure -- in small-scale societies and apply methods from both sides of the Atlantic to explore how technical choices made in the creation of everyday objects can both reflect and define social boundaries. In chapters on pre-historic and historic societies that range from North America to Africa to Oceania, the authors suggest that variation in technical systems corresponds more closely than stylistic variation does to the boundaries between groups. They also address the question of whether modern concepts of ethnicity can be translated into archaeological terms.The Archaeology of Social Boundaries demonstrates that the search for social boundaries in material culture patterning can benefit from the study of both technological and stylistic qualities. By uniting two disparate intellectual traditions, this book contributes to a growing archaeological theory of material culture.

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