Ethnicity Books

New and Published Books

1. A Japanese Joint Venture in the Pacific

   Foreign bodies in tinned tuna

   By Kate Barclay

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   The Japanese, and other Asians, are increasingly taking over some of the roles previously played by Europeans in the Pacific islands, which is giving rise to interesting new economic relationships, and interesting new interactions between nationalities. This book considers the role of the Japanese...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Millennium and Charisma Among Pathans (Routledge Revivals)

   A Critical Essay in Social Anthropology

   By Akbar Ahmed

   First published in 1976, this Routledge Revivals reissue presents an analysis of the Swat Pathans, the people of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, who belong administratively to Pakistan despite being a fiercely independent group, with their own codes and ways of life. Akbar S. Ahmed,...

   Published March 1st 2012 by Routledge
3. Migrant Workers in Asia

   Distant Divides, Intimate Connections

   By Nicole Constable

   This book provides rich and provocative comparative studies of South and Southeast Asian domestic workers who migrate to other parts of Asia. These studies range from Hong Kong, Macau, and Singapore, to Yemen, Israel, Jordan, and the UAE. Conceptually and methodologically, this book challenges us...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
4. The African American People

   A Global History

   By Molefi Kete Asante

   The African American People is the first history of the African American people to take a global look at the role African Americans have played in the world. Author Molefi Kete Asante synthesizes the familiar tale of history’s effect on the African people who found themselves forcibly part of the...

   Published December 4th 2011 by Routledge
5. Young Chinese in Urban China

   By Alex Cockain

   Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

   This book examines the condition of being a young person in China and the way in which changes in various dimensions of urban life have affected Chinese youths' quests to understand themselves. The author examines social factors such as changes in the physical construction of urban neighbourhoods;...

   Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
6. Cosmopolitan Sociability

   Locating Transnational Religious and Diasporic Networks

   Edited by Tsypylma Darieva, Nina Glick Schiller, Sandra Gruner-Domic

   Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies

   This book approaches the concept of cosmopolitan sociability as a cultural or territorial rootedness that facilitates a simultaneous openness to shared human emotions, experiences, and aspirations. Cosmopolitan Sociability critiques definitions of cosmopolitanism as a tolerance for cultural...

   Published October 3rd 2011 by Routledge
7. Diaspora and Citizenship

   Edited by Claire Sutherland, Elena Barabantseva

   This collection of papers discusses the impact of diasporas on the articulations and practices of legal, political, cultural and social citizenship in their country of origin. While the majority of current citizenship debates focus on the challenges and directions in which diasporic and migrant...

   Published September 27th 2011 by Routledge
8. Ethnic and Racial Minorities in Asia

   Inclusion or Exclusion?

   Edited by Michelle Ann Miller

   Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies

   Ethnic and Racial Minorities in Asia explores the relationship between ethnic minority rights and citizenship in Asia. Occupying a prominent place on the global map of conflict, Asia is one of the most ethnically diverse and racially divided regions in the world. It is also the scene of some of the...

   Published September 7th 2011 by Routledge
9. Japanese Cinema and Otherness

   Nationalism, Multiculturalism and the Problem of Japaneseness

   By Mika Ko

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   Over the last 20 years, ethnic minority groups have been increasingly featured in Japanese Films. However, the way these groups are presented has not been a subject of investigation. This study examines the representation of so-called Others – foreigners, ethnic minorities, and Okinawans – in...

   Published August 14th 2011 by Routledge
10. Tourism and Tibetan Culture in Transition

    A Place called Shangrila

    By Ashild Kolas

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    This book explores the relationship between tourism, culture and ethnic identity in Tibet in , focusing in particular on Shangrila, a Tibetan region in Southwest China, to show how local ‘Tibetan culture’ is reconstructed as a marketable commodity for tourists. It analyses the socio-economic...

    Published June 12th 2011 by Routledge