Description
Book SynopsisOffers an historical-materialist critique of practices in multiculturalism and cultural studies. Rejecting contemporary theories of inclusion as affirmations of the capitalist status quo, this book envisions a future of politically equal and economically empowered citizens through the democratisation of power and the socialisation of property.
Trade Review“An important, stringent critique of the hegemonic versions of multiculturalism touted in both popular and academic spheres. San Juan provides a new reality to contend with—a new version of the present, one in which erased histories of racism, oppression, exploitation, and the struggle of marginalized groups are restored.”—Neferti X. M. Tadiar, University of California, Santa Cruz
“An invigorating analysis and soul-searching critique of contemporary controversies regarding multiculturalism and the centrality of race/culture/class in confronting politics of difference. San Juan casts a wide net, but he handles the workings and intricacies of contemporary politics regarding nationalism, immigration, and revolutionary struggle with much deftness, insightful grounding, and energy.”—Rick Bonus, University of Washington
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1. “Can’t We Get Along?” Racial Politics and Institutional Racism
2. Performing Race: Articulations of Gender, Sexuality, and Nationalism
3. Allegories of Asian American Experience
4. Ethnicity and the Political Economy of Difference
5. “Culture Wars” Revisited
6. Questioning Contemporary Cultural Studies
7. Postcolonial Criticism and the Vicissitudes of Uneven Development
8. For a Permanent Cultural Revolution: From Raymond Williams to Frantz Fanon
Afterword
Works Cited
Index
