Making Multiculturalism - Boundaries and Meaning in U.S. English Departments (Paperback, Twenty-Third an)

Multiculturalism was a hot issue on college campuses in the 1990s, and it was a confusing issue, especially for English professors. Making Multiculturalism ventures into four college English departments to explore how professors made sense of multiculturalism. Their answers provide important insights into the "canon wars," multiculturalism, and cultural change. Defining meaning as a system of boundaries, Bryson uncovers specific mechanisms through which social institutions preserve themselves by imposing old meanings on new ideas. She connects those insights to some of today's most difficult cultural policy challenges, including campus (or workplace) diversity, individual responsibility, and the policy pitfalls of defining culture as something separate from social life. Bryson contends that cultural policy should abandon the "norms and values" definition of culture as individual beliefs and focus instead on the cultural implications of structure.

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	Bethany Bryson
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	232
Edition:	Twenty-Third an
ISBN-13:	978-0-8047-5164-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8047-5164-1
Barcode:	9780804751643

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