1st Edition

Ethnicity: Anthropological Constructions

By Marcus Banks Copyright 1996
    220 Pages
    by Routledge

    220 Pages
    by Routledge

    Ethnicity has been a key concept in anthropology and sociology for many years, yet many people still seem uncertain as to its meaning, its relevance, and its relationship to other concepts such as `race' and nationalism. In Ethnicity: Anthropological Constructions the major anthropological and sociological approaches to ethnicity, covering much of the significant literature and leading authors, are outlined clearly and concisely.

    Chapter 1 Introduction: basic positions and the life of an idea; Chapter 2 Ethnicity unearthed; Chapter 3 Ethnicity and race in the United States; Chapter 4 Ethnicity and race in Britain; Chapter 5 Ethnicity and nationalism; Chapter 6 Ethnicity Unbound; Chapter 7 Conclusions;

    Biography

    Marcus Banks is Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Oxford and Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford.