Race & Ethnicity Books

New and Published Books

1. National Myths

   Constructed Pasts, Contested Presents

   Edited by Gérard Bouchard

   National myths are now seriously questioned in a number of societies. In the West, for instance, a number of factors have combined to destabilise the symbolic foundation of nations and collective identities. As a result, the diagnosis of a deep cultural crisis has become commonplace. Indeed, who...

   Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
2. Race, Philosophy, and Film

   Edited by Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, Dan Flory

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   This collection fills a gap in the current literature in philosophy and film by focusing on the question: How would thinking in philosophy and film be transformed if race were formally incorporated moved from its margins to the center? The collection’s contributors anchor their discussions of race...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Audience, Agency and Identity in Black Popular Culture

   By Shawan M. Worsley

   Series: Studies in African American History and Culture

   Audience, Agency and Identity in Black Popular Culture analyses black cultural representations that appropriate anti-black stereotypes. Using examples from literature, media, and art, Worsley examines how these cultural products do not rework anti-black stereotypes into seemingly positive images....

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
4. Jewish Blood

   Reality and metaphor in history, religion and culture

   Edited by Mitchell Hart

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   This book deals with the Jewish engagement with blood: animal and human, real and metaphorical. Concentrating on the meaning or significance of blood in Judaism, the book moves this highly controversial subject away from its traditional focus, exploring how Jews themselves engage with blood and its...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Post-Racial Society is Here

   Recognition, Critics and the Nation-State

   By Wilbur C. Rich

   Series: Routledge Series on Identity Politics

   In a provocative and controversial analysis, Wilbur C. Rich’s The Post-Racial Society is Here conclusively demonstrates that nation is in midst of a post-racial society. Yet many Americans are skeptical of this fundamental social transformation. The failure of recognition is related to the remnants...

   Published February 18th 2013 by Routledge
6. Revisiting Jewish Spain in the Modern Era

   Edited by Daniela Flesler, Tabea Linhard, Adrián Pérez Melgosa

   This innovative volume offers fresh perspectives and directions on the intersection of Hispanic and Jewish studies. It shows how 'Jewishness' has played a crucial role in Spanish political, social, and cultural developments in the modern era, exploring the effects of the multiple material and...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
7. Aesthetic Practices and Politics in Media, Music, and Art

   Performing Migration

   Edited by Rocío G. Davis, Dorothea Fischer-Hornung, Johanna C. Kardux

   Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

   This volume analyzes innovative forms of media and music (art installations, television commercials, photography, films, songs, telenovelas) to examine the performance of migration in contemporary culture. Though migration studies and media studies are ostensibly different fields, this...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
8. Refugees and Cultural Transfer to Britain

   Edited by Stefan Manz, Panikos Panayi

   This book is the first to focus specifically upon the relationship between refugees and intercultural transfer over an extensive period of time. Since circa 1830, a series of groups have made their way to Britain, beginning with exiles from the failed European revolutions of the mid-nineteenth...

   Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
9. Racial Attitudes and Asian Pacific Americans

   Demystifying the Model Minority

   By Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas

   Series: Studies in Asian Americans

   This study examines the complex sources and implications of the racial attitudes of Asian Pacific American (APA) college students, who, as one of the fastest growing demographics in higher education enrollments, play an increasingly significant role in campus race relations....

   Published January 10th 2013 by Routledge
10. Race and Ethnicity: The Key Concepts

    By Amy Ansell

    Series: Routledge Key Guides

    Situating the study of race and ethnicity within its historical and intellectual context, this much needed guide exposes students to the broad diversity of scholarship within the field. It provides a clear and succinct explanation of more than 70 key terms, their conceptual evolution over time, and...

    Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge