A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies

David Theo Goldberg

ISBN 10: 0631206167 / ISBN 13: 9780631206163

Published by Wiley Feb 2002, 2002

About this Item

Neuware - Questions about race and ethnicity have moved center stage in the social sciences and humanities. From sociology, political science, and history to literary theory, philosophy, and anthropology, race and ethnicity are the modalities through which other forms of inequality are lived and comprehended. A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies is the most sustained attempt to bring together a range of scholars from a variety of disciplines and theoretical perspectives to reflect on the current state of this dynamic, often contentious, field.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies
• Publisher: Wiley Feb 2002
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631206167
• ISBN 13: 9780631206163
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 260W x 183H x 38D millimeters 260 millimeters width by 183 millimeters height by 38 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1361 grams

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Synopsis

Bringing together a range of scholars from a variety of disciplines and theoretical perspectives, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies offers an overview of contemporary debates as well as an exploration of new directions in the dynamic field of race and ethnicity.

About the Author

David Theo Goldberg is Professor of African American Studies and Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine and Director of the system-wide University of California Humanities Research Institute. He has published numerous books on racial studies. He is author of The Racial State (2002) and Racist Culture: Philosophy and the Politics of Meaning (1993), and co-editor, with Philomena Essed, of Race Critical Theories: Text and Context (2002). He is the founding co-editor of Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation, and Culture.

John Solomos is Professor of Sociology at City University, London. He has written widely on issues about race and ethnicity. His recent works include Ethnic and Racial Studies Today (1999) and Racism (1999), both co-edited with Martin Blumer, and Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader (2000), co-edited with Les Back. He is associate editor of the journal Ethnic and Racial Studies.