This new edition of Norgren and Nanda's classic updates their
examination of the intersection of American cultural pluralism and
law. They document and analyze legal challenges to the existing
social order raised by many cultural groups, among them, Native
Americans and Native Hawaiians, homeless persons, immigrants,
disabled persons, and Rastafarians. In addition, they examine such
current controversies as the culture wars in American schools and
the impact of post-9/11 security measures on Arab and Muslim
individuals and communities. The book also discusses more
traditional challenges to the American legal system by women,
homosexuals, African Americans, Latinos, Japanese Americans, and
the Mormons and the Amish. The new chapters and updated analyses in
this Third Edition reflect recent, relevant court cases dealing
with culture, race, gender, religion, and personal status. Drawing
on court materials, state and federal legislation, and legal
ethnographies, the text analyzes the ongoing tension between, on
the one hand, the need of different groups for cultural autonomy
and equal rights, and on the other, the necessity of national unity
and security. The text integrates the authors' commentary with case
descriptions set in historical, cultural, political, and economic
context. While the authors' thesis is that law is an instrument of
social policy that has generally furthered an assimilationist
agenda in American society, they also point out how in different
periods, under different circumstances, and with regard to
different groups, law has also some opportunity for cultural
autonomy.
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