'This book is a welcome and brilliantly crafted overview of this
field. It represents a major advance in our understanding of how
ethnicity works in specific social and cultural contexts. The
second edition will be an invaluable resource for both students and
researchers alike' "- John Solomos, City University, London
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The first edition of Rethinking Ethnicity quickly established
itself as a popular text for students of ethnicity and ethnic
relations. This fully revised and updated second edition adds new
material on globalization and the recent debates about whether
ethnicity matters and ethnic groups actually exist.
While ethnicity - as a social construct - is imagined, its
effects are far from imaginary. Jenkins draws on specific examples
to demonstrate the social mechanisms that construct ethnicity and
the consequences for people's experience. Drawing upon rich case
study material, the book discusses such issues as: the 'myth' of
the plural society; postmodern notions of difference; the
relationship between ethnicity, 'race' and nationalism; ideology;
language; violence and religion; and the everyday construction of
national identity. The result is a compact, refreshing and
stimulating enquiry into an indispensable concept for making sense
of the contemporary world.
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