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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies

Immigration and Ethnic Conflict (Hardcover): Anthony H. Richmond Immigration and Ethnic Conflict (Hardcover)
Anthony H. Richmond
R2,871 Discovery Miles 28 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Immigration and Ethnic Conflict reviews the experience of post-industrial countries that have experienced large-scale movements of population since the Second World War, creating ethnically diverse multicultural societies in a context of rapid economic, technological and social change. The book uses a critical theoretical approach which emphasises the dynamic nature of the structural changes which have taken place and the interdependence of economic, political, social and psychological factors. The results of extensive comparative studies of Britain, Canada and Australia are reviewed, with special attention to questions of immigrant adaptation, refugees, racism, unemployment, ethnic nationalism and social conflict. Traditional views of immigrant assimilation are rejected in favour of one which treats immigrants and ethnic minorities as the catalysts of change in a global polity, economy and society, simultaneously united and divided by satellite communications, nuclear terror and the world population explosion.

Multicultural Challenge (Hardcover): Grete Brochmann Multicultural Challenge (Hardcover)
Grete Brochmann
R3,904 Discovery Miles 39 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Cultural pluralisation - reinforced by immigration - has had major consequences for the political agenda in recent years in liberal democratic states. New types of tension have arisen - new forms of social and cultural differentiation, and new patterns of inequality. The diversity also reshapes the frame of reference for traditional policy instruments employed by modern welfare states: new issues arise that are linked to rights, legitimacy and policy measures of a general and targeted nature. This volume in the "Comparative Social Research" series addresses a number of issues related to this new diversity. Common themes are multiculturalism, power and integration, and these themes are analysed through a comparative lens.

The Anti-Racism Linguist - A Book of Readings (Paperback): Patricia Friedrich The Anti-Racism Linguist - A Book of Readings (Paperback)
Patricia Friedrich
R590 Discovery Miles 5 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores language at the intersection of race and ethnicity and the institutional practices that still make for uneven access to education, resources and a sense of belonging. It takes a clear anti-racist stance in the way it examines issues of language and power, linguistic prejudice, attitudes toward language and linguistic varieties. The chapters cover the experiences of the authors in their personal and professional lives, combining traditional academic texts with highly identity-driven genres that include autoethnography and the reflective essay, in addition to providing narrated resources for teachers. The result is a dynamic, innovative volume that dialogues openly with one of the most serious and pertinent debates of our time: how to instigate institutional change that moves us away from racist practices. The book is a reflection on how teachers and scholars can incorporate anti-racism pedagogy and thought into their practice.

The Music of Multicultural America - Performance, Identity, and Community in the United States (Hardcover): Kip Lornell, Anne... The Music of Multicultural America - Performance, Identity, and Community in the United States (Hardcover)
Kip Lornell, Anne K. Rasmussen
R3,250 Discovery Miles 32 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Music of Multicultural America explores the intersection of performance, identity, and community in a wide range of musical expressions. Fifteen essays explore traditions that range from the Klezmer revival in New York, to Arab music in Detroit, to West Indian steelbands in Brooklyn, to Kathak music and dance in California, to Irish music in Boston, to powwows in the midwestern plains, to Hispanic and native musics of the Southwest borderlands. Many chapters demonstrate the processes involved in supporting, promoting, and reviving community music. Others highlight the ways in which such American institutions as city festivals or state and national folklife agencies come into play. Thirteen themes and processes outlined in the introduction unify the collection's fifteen case studies and suggest organizing frameworks for student projects. Due to the diversity of music profiled in the book--Mexican mariachi, African American gospel, Asian West Coast jazz, women's punk, French-American Cajun, and Anglo-American sacred harp--and to the methodology of fieldwork, ethnography, and academic activism described by the authors, the book is perfect for courses in ethnomusicology, world music, anthropology, folklore, and American studies.

Building Bridges (Hardcover): Immigrant Writers Association, Gabriela Casineanu, Nina Munteanu Building Bridges (Hardcover)
Immigrant Writers Association, Gabriela Casineanu, Nina Munteanu
R695 R541 Discovery Miles 5 410 Save R154 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Enduring Color Line in U.S. Athletics (Hardcover): Krystal Beamon, Chris M. Messer The Enduring Color Line in U.S. Athletics (Hardcover)
Krystal Beamon, Chris M. Messer
R4,859 Discovery Miles 48 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sports are an integral part of American society. Millions of dollars are spent every year on professional, collegiate, and youth athletics, and participation in and viewing of these sports both alter and reflect how one perceives the world. Beamon and Messer deftly explore sports as a social construction, and more significantly, the large role race and ethnicity play in sports and consequently sports' influence on modern race relations. This text is ideal for courses on Sport and Society as well as Race and Ethnicity.

Citizenship in a Global World - Comparing Citizenship Rights for Aliens (Hardcover, New): A Kondo Citizenship in a Global World - Comparing Citizenship Rights for Aliens (Hardcover, New)
A Kondo
R2,881 Discovery Miles 28 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is a comparative analysis of residential, social, economic, and political rights for aliens. The book analyzes the concepts of nationality and citizenship. Some foreigners are increasingly able to enjoy traditional citizenship rights though residential and/or regional citizenship. There is no previous research for Japan in addition to the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and America. Also, it is fruitful to construct the bridge among several disciplines such as jurisprudence, political science, and sociology.

Racism without Racists - Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America (Paperback, Sixth Edition):... Racism without Racists - Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America (Paperback, Sixth Edition)
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
R1,164 R767 Discovery Miles 7 670 Save R397 (34%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Racism Without Racists examines in detail how Whites talk, think, and account for the existence of racial inequality. The main argument of the book is that color-blind racism, a new racial ideology that emerged in the post-Civil Rights era, has emerged as the fountain of frames, stylistic components, and racial stories Whites rely on to articulate their views on racial affairs. Relying on systematically-gathered interview data, Bonilla-Silva not only de constructs the main elements of this ideology, but also explains how the ways most Whites live their lives (the "white habitus") is central to the reproduction of this ideology, why a specific segment of the White community is more racially progressive, and accounts for how Blacks are effected by the ideology. In this edition, the author has added a very didactic chapter discussing what makes "systemic racism" systemic and another examining how color-blind racism framed many issues during the pandemic.

Language and Antiracism - An Antiracist Approach to Teaching (Spanish) Language in the USA (Paperback): Jose L. Magro Language and Antiracism - An Antiracist Approach to Teaching (Spanish) Language in the USA (Paperback)
Jose L. Magro
R978 Discovery Miles 9 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Beginning from the premise that being non-racist - and other 'neutral' positions - are inadequate in the face of a racist society and institutions, this book provides language educators with practical tools to implement antiracist pedagogy in their classrooms. It offers readers a solid theoretical grounding for its practical suggestions, drawing on work in critical race theory, critical sociolinguistics and language ideology to support its argument for antiracist pedagogy as a necessary form of direct action. The author contends that antiracist pedagogy is a crucial part of the project of decolonising universities, which goes beyond tokenistic diversity initiatives and combats racism in institutions that have historically helped to perpetuate it. The author's pedagogical suggestions are accompanied by online resources which will support the reader to adapt and develop the material in the book for their own classrooms.

Black Rights/White Wrongs - The Critique of Racial Liberalism (Hardcover): Charles W. Mills Black Rights/White Wrongs - The Critique of Racial Liberalism (Hardcover)
Charles W. Mills
R3,643 Discovery Miles 36 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Liberalism is the political philosophy of equal persons - yet liberalism has denied equality to those it saw as sub-persons. Liberalism is the creed of fairness - yet liberalism has been complicit with European imperialism and African slavery. Liberalism is the classic ideology of Enlightenment and political transparency - yet liberalism has cast a dark veil over its actual racist past and present. In sum, liberalism's promise of equal rights has historically been denied to blacks and other people of color. In Black Rights/White Wrongs: The Critique of Racial Liberalism, political philosopher Charles Mills challenges mainstream accounts that ignore this history and its current legacy in self-conceivedly liberal polities today. Mills argues that rather than bracket as an anomaly the role of racism in the development of liberal theory, we should see it as shaping that theory in fundamental ways. As feminists have urged us to see the dominant form of liberalism as a patriarchal liberalism, so too Mills suggests we should see it as a racialized liberalism. It is unsurprising, then, if contemporary liberalism has yet to deliver on the recognition of black rights and the correction of white wrongs. These essays look at racial liberalism, past and present: "white ignorance" as a guilty ignoring of social reality that facilitates white racial domination; Immanuel Kant's role as the most important liberal theorist of both personhood and sub-personhood; the centrality of racial exploitation in the United States; and the evasion of white supremacy in John Rawls's "ideal theory" framing of social justice and in the work of most other contemporary white political philosophers. Nonetheless, Mills still believes that a deracialized liberalism is both possible and desirable. He concludes by calling on progressives to "Occupy liberalism!" and develop accordingly a radical liberalism aimed at achieving racial justice.

Russian Mafia In America - Immigration, Culture, and Crime (Hardcover, Reprint; Revised, Updated ed.): James O Finckenauer,... Russian Mafia In America - Immigration, Culture, and Crime (Hardcover, Reprint; Revised, Updated ed.)
James O Finckenauer, Elin J Waring
R904 Discovery Miles 9 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fighting Words - The Politics of Hateful Speech (Hardcover, New): Laurence R. Marcus Fighting Words - The Politics of Hateful Speech (Hardcover, New)
Laurence R. Marcus
R3,181 Discovery Miles 31 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This intriguing book reflects on the conditions on college campuses that give rise to words and acts of hate, on the consequences of these episodes, and on strategies intended to improve intergroup harmony. Using the speech given by Nation of Islam spokesperson Khalid Abdul Muhammad at Kean College in 1993, the book begins with a consideration of the societal trends affecting today's college student, including the increasing economic uncertainty that characterizes their future and the hostility and fragmentation that characterizes their present. Attitudinal changes have proven to be widespread, as more Americans have begun to view the world through the lenses of political, social, and economic self-interest, calling prevailing equity policy into question and giving new life to identity politics. Since issues of affirmative action, multiculturalism, and political correctness are at the core of the national debate and command the attention of college students, each is addressed in detail. A discussion of what prompted Kean students to invite Muhammad follows a consideration of the current status of intergroup relations on campuses across the nation. This examination covers the inescapable conclusion that, despite the desires of most students for positive relations with people of other groups, there are serious gaps to be bridged.

Tangled in Terror - Uprooting Islamophobia (Paperback): Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan Tangled in Terror - Uprooting Islamophobia (Paperback)
Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan
R288 Discovery Miles 2 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Lyrical and uncompromising - Suhaiymah writes to disrupt' - gal-dem Islamophobia is everywhere. It is a narrative and history woven so deeply into our everyday lives that we don't even notice it - in our education, how we travel, our healthcare, legal system and at work. Behind the scenes it affects the most vulnerable, at the border and in prisons. Despite this, the conversation about Islamophobia is relegated to microaggressions and slurs. Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan reveals how Islamophobia not only lives under the skin of those who it marks, but is an international political project designed to divide people in the name of security, in order to materially benefit global stakeholders. It can only be truly uprooted when we focus not on what it is but what it does. Tangled in Terror shows that until the most marginalised Muslims are safe, nobody is safe.

The France of the Little-Middles - A Suburban Housing Development in Greater Paris (Hardcover): Marie Cartier, Isabelle... The France of the Little-Middles - A Suburban Housing Development in Greater Paris (Hardcover)
Marie Cartier, Isabelle Coutant, Olivier Masclet, Yasmine Siblot
R2,898 Discovery Miles 28 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Poplars housing development in suburban Paris is home to what one resident called the "Little-Middles" - a social group on the tenuous border between the working- and middle- classes. In the 1960s The Poplars was a site of upward social mobility, which fostered an egalitarian sense of community among residents. This feeling of collective flourishing was challenged when some residents moved away, selling their homes to a new generation of upwardly mobile neighbors from predominantly immigrant backgrounds. This volume explores the strained reception of these migrants, arguing that this is less a product of racism and xenophobia than of anxiety about social class and the loss of a sense of community that reigned before.

Race Relations Within Western Expansion (Hardcover, New): Alan Levine Race Relations Within Western Expansion (Hardcover, New)
Alan Levine
R2,215 Discovery Miles 22 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This bold and controversial book takes a hard look at an old subject-race relations in the Western world. Using history as a backdrop, the author illustrates how racism and ethnic chauvinism are, sadly, common. The author warns against the harm of colorthink-an excessive obsession with race and racism-and explores the impact of such thinking on race relations today. He gives no comfort to either racists or more fashionable contemporaries obsessed with the supposedly unique evils of the Western past. Racial issues, and misconceptions about race and race relations, are among the most divisive and confusing features of contemporary society. Race Relations Within Western Expansion is designed to provide an overall account of the development of the issues involved, relating them to global history and putting them squarely within the framework of the expansion of the Western world, an expansion that began much earlier than is generally realized, far back in the Middle Ages. Levine analyzes the reasons for that expansion and how it took different forms and brought many different peoples into several different sorts of contact with the West, and how these contacts, and conceptions about other peoples, changed, or remained fixed over time. He also shows the impact within Europe of pseudo-scientific racial ideologies, and criticizes contemporary misconceptions about the history of relations between European settlers and native peoples, slavery, and the age of imperial rule in Asia and Africa. It stresses the complexity and variety of those relationships rather than attempting, as is currently fashionable, to pigeonhole more and more data into fewer and fewer ideological categories. This is a necessarily controversial book, one that collides with many cherished beliefs, both traditional and contemporary, and exposes how bizarre they really are. It acidly exposes both traditional racist myths, and more recently fashionable postures that often prove little more factually based.

Handbook of Research on Race, Culture, and Student Achievement (Hardcover): Jared Keengwe Handbook of Research on Race, Culture, and Student Achievement (Hardcover)
Jared Keengwe
R7,271 Discovery Miles 72 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There is growing pressure on teachers and other educators to understand and adopt culturally relevant pedagogies as well as strategies to work with diverse groups of races, cultures, and languages that are represented in classrooms. Establishing sound cross-cultural pedagogy is also critical given that racial, cultural, and linguistic integration has the potential to increase academic success for all learners. The Handbook of Research on Race, Culture, and Student Achievement highlights cross-cultural perspectives, challenges, and opportunities of providing equitable educational opportunities for marginalized students and improving student achievement. Additionally, it examines how race and culture impact student achievement in an effort to promote cultural competence, equity, inclusion, and social justice in education. Covering topics such as identity, student achievement, and global education, this major reference work is ideal for researchers, scholars, academicians, librarians, policymakers, practitioners, educators, and students.

Majority Cultures and the Everyday Politics of Ethnic Difference - Whose House is This? (Hardcover, First): B Petersson, K Tyler Majority Cultures and the Everyday Politics of Ethnic Difference - Whose House is This? (Hardcover, First)
B Petersson, K Tyler
R1,522 Discovery Miles 15 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Examining the ways in which majority Western cultures govern, represent and exclude those that are considered to be ethically "other," this book asks what is the impact of globalization, governance and Western immigration controls on the construction of the majority "self" and the minority "other"?

Globalization and the New City - Migrants, Minorities and Urban Transformations in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover, New): M.... Globalization and the New City - Migrants, Minorities and Urban Transformations in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover, New)
M. Cross, R. Moore
R2,887 Discovery Miles 28 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Leading scholars on both sides of the Atlantic analyze the changes to the social structure of cities as a result of recent migration. The contributors consider the link between globalizing cities and existing zones of social exclusion, employment prospects for all residents and the likelihood of social mobility for recent arrivals. A particular feature of the book is the comparative focus of the chapters that, for the first time, seek to assess the importance of national institutional structures.

Staying Power - The History of Black People in Britain (Paperback, 3rd edition): Peter Fryer Staying Power - The History of Black People in Britain (Paperback, 3rd edition)
Peter Fryer; Introduction by Paul Gilroy; Foreword by Gary Younge 1
R517 Discovery Miles 5 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Staying Power is a panoramic history of black Britons. Stretching back to the Roman conquest, encompassing the court of Henry VIII, and following a host of characters from Mary Seacole to the abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, Peter Fryer paints a picture of two thousand years of Black presence in Britain. First published in the '80s, amidst race riots and police brutality, Fryer's history performed a deeply political act; revealing how Africans, Asians and their descendants had long been erased from British history. By rewriting black Britons into the British story, showing where they influenced political traditions, social institutions and cultural life, was - and is - a deeply effective counter to a racist and nationalist agenda. This new edition includes the classic introduction by Paul Gilroy, author of There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack, in addition to a brand-new foreword by Guardian journalist Gary Younge, which examines the book's continued significance today as we face Brexit and a revival of right wing nationalism.

Maybe I Don't Belong Here - A Memoir of Race, Identity, Breakdown and Recovery (Hardcover): David Harewood Maybe I Don't Belong Here - A Memoir of Race, Identity, Breakdown and Recovery (Hardcover)
David Harewood; Foreword by David Olusoga
R588 R525 Discovery Miles 5 250 Save R63 (11%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

One of the Observer's Best Memoirs of 2021 and The Times Best Film and Theatre Books of the year. 'As a Black British man I believe it is vital that I tell this story. It may be just one account from the perspective of a person of colour who has experienced this system, but it may be enough to potentially change an opinion or, more importantly, stop someone else from spinning completely out of control.' - David Harewood Is it possible to be Black and British and feel welcome and whole? Maybe I Don't Belong Here is a deeply personal exploration of the duality of growing up both Black and British, recovery from crisis and a rallying cry to examine the systems and biases that continue to shape our society. In this powerful and provocative account of a life lived after psychosis, critically acclaimed actor, David Harewood, uncovers devastating family history and investigates the very real impact of racism on Black mental health. When David Harewood was twenty-three, his acting career beginning to take flight, he had what he now understands to be a psychotic breakdown and was sectioned under the Mental Health Act. He was physically restrained by six police officers, sedated, then hospitalized and transferred to a locked ward. Only now, thirty years later, has he been able to process what he went through. What was it that caused this breakdown and how did David recover to become a successful and critically acclaimed actor? How did his experiences growing up Black and British contribute to a rupture in his sense of his place in the world? 'Such a powerful and necessary read . . . Don't wait until Black History Month to pick up this book, it's a must-read just now.' - Candice Brathwaite, author of I Am Not Your Baby Mother 'David Harewood writes with rare honesty and fearless self-analysis about his experiences of racism and what ultimately led to his descent into psychosis . . . This book is, in itself, a physical manifestation of that hopeful journey.' - David Olusoga, author of Black and British

Race and Crime - An Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Katheryn K. Russell-Brown, Judith Jones, Heather... Race and Crime - An Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Katheryn K. Russell-Brown, Judith Jones, Heather Pfeifer
R2,086 Discovery Miles 20 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This annotated bibliography of research citations covers the topic of race and crime in the United States from 1950-1999. This work includes research on all racial groups, including whites and American Indians. Annotations are divided into categories such as works on individual racial groups and multi-racial groups. Includes edited collections, government reports, and electronic resources. This bibliography is designed to assist researchers in the area of criminology and criminal justice in race-related topics.

This annotated bibliography offers more than 500 citations to literature on the relationship between race and crime. It offers crime research on all racial groups, including whites and American Indians, Hispanics, Blacks, and Asian Americans. It covers the span from the civil rights era to the end of the 20th century. Annotations are derived from various disciplines including criminology, sociology, anthropology, psychology, law, and history. The Bibliography is divided into three parts: individual and race-related research; multi-racial research; and electronic resources, which provide access to all aspects of current data on race and crime.

The Hispanic Experience in the United States - Contemporary Issues and Perspectives (Hardcover): Edna Acosta-Belen, Barbara... The Hispanic Experience in the United States - Contemporary Issues and Perspectives (Hardcover)
Edna Acosta-Belen, Barbara Sjostrom
R2,785 Discovery Miles 27 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Hispanic community in the U.S. has long remained silent about its needs for equal opportunity and recognition. This collection of essays by recognized scholars explores how Puerto Ricans, Chicanos, Cubans, and other Latinos have begun to publicly articulate their needs, rights, and aspirations. The volume is divided into three major thematic sections: demographic profiles; immigration assimilation, and cultural identity; and socio-economic profiles. The authors address such questions as: Who are the Hispanics and what are their origins? What impact will Hispanic population growth have on U.S. society? What demographic factors affect the status of Hispanics? How does Hispanic immigration differ from other prior immigration? The essays gather the most recent demographic and socioeconomic data on Hispanics and interpret their implications for the present and future of the community.

Nurturing Success - Successful Women of Color and Their Daughters (Hardcover, New): Essie Lee Nurturing Success - Successful Women of Color and Their Daughters (Hardcover, New)
Essie Lee
R2,799 Discovery Miles 27 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Although interest in mother/daughter relationships has led to a plethora of books on the subject, these books all consider situations found in the mainstream white population. In this book, relationships between mothers and daughters from 13 ethnic groups, including Asian, Black, Latino, and Native American, are explored. The voices of 17 highly successful mothers, in different stages of their life, and their 19 daughters are heard. The reader will learn of their values, intergenerational relationships, and the mother's influence as a role model. The research that confirms and validates these women's life stories is discussed. The book provides valuable insight into the issues facing minority women in the United States.

Although the women in these case studies come from diverse multi-ethnic backgrounds, they have all faced traditional and ethnic barriers and been able to achieve success, becoming role models for their daughters. The book is both a significant contribution to women's and ethnic studies, social sciences and education.

Focusing on the Underserved - Immigrant, Refugee, and Indigenous Asian American and Pacific Islanders in Higher Education... Focusing on the Underserved - Immigrant, Refugee, and Indigenous Asian American and Pacific Islanders in Higher Education (Hardcover)
Sam D Museus, Amefil Agbayani, Doris M Ching
R3,025 Discovery Miles 30 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Recent discussions and dissemination of information regarding the rapid growth of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) across our nation are creating some awareness among administrators and educators in higher education institutions regarding the extensive diversity of AAPIs, the struggles of some AAPI populations in pursuing and succeeding in higher education, and the lack of support for their educational success. National discourse on AAPIs among educators, policymakers and AAPI communities underscores the need for more research-including more relevant research-that can inform policy and practice that will enhance educational opportunities for AAPIs who are underserved in higher education. The book focuses on diverse topics, many of which do not appear in the current literature. The chapters are authored by an array of distinguished and emerging scholars and professionals at various universities and colleges across the nation. The authors, whose insights are invaluable in understanding the diverse issues and characteristics that affect the educational success of underserved AAPI students, and they represent the ethnicities and cultures of Cambodian, Chinese, Guamanian/Chamorro, Filipino, Hispanic, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Native Hawaiian, Okinawan, Samoan, Vietnamese, and multiracial Americans. The authors not only integrate theoretical concepts, statistical analyses, and historical events, but they also merge theory and practice to advocate for social justice for AAPIs and other underrepresented and underserved ethnic minority groups in higher education.

Quinceanera (Hardcover): Ilan Stavans Quinceanera (Hardcover)
Ilan Stavans
R1,980 Discovery Miles 19 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume compiled by Ilan Stavans examines the importance of ritual and celebration and the quinceanera celebration's growing social importance to in the Latino community, particularly in the United States.

The essays explore the "quinceanera" and the coming-of-age ritual from various angles. Prior to 2007, the "quinceanera" received no formal ritual through the Catholic Church, which has since issued one. As such, the role of religion and the Catholic Church in the "quinceanera" celebration is given extensive consideration. Gender, family status, class, race, as well as the aspects of performance are all discussed as central themes of the celebration. Delving through myriad perspectives, "Quinceaneras" illuminates the festivities' form and function in creating social and personal identity within the family and the larger Latino community.

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