Screen LibraryEveryday multiculturalism
This book explores everyday lived experiences of multiculturalism in the contemporary world. Drawing on place-based case studies, contributions focus on encounters and interactions across cultural difference in super-diverse cities to explore what it means to inhabit multiculturalism in our everyday...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230244474 |
| Summary: |
This book explores everyday lived experiences of multiculturalism in the contemporary world. Drawing on place-based case studies, contributions focus on encounters and interactions across cultural difference in super-diverse cities to explore what it means to inhabit multiculturalism in our everyday lives. |
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Electronic book text. Originally published in: 2009. |
| Carrier Form: | 296 p. : 4 b&w, ill. |
| ISBN: |
9780230210370 9780230244474 : 0230244475 : |
| CLC: | C95 |
| Contents: | Introduction: The Study of Everyday Multiculturalism-- A.Wise & S.Velayutham PART I: NEIGHBOURHOODS Everyday Multiculturalism: Transversal Crossings and Working Class Cosmopolitans-- A.Wise Everyday Cosmopolitanism and the Labour of Intercultural Community-- G.Noble Practices of Difference: Analysing Multiculturalism in Everyday Life-- G.Semi, E.Colombo, I.Camozzi & A.Frisina PART II: FOOD Kopitiam: Discursive Cosmopolitan Spaces and National Identity in Malaysian Culture and Media-- G.Cheng Khoo Eating at the Borders: Culinary Journeys-- J.Duruz PART III: SHOPPING Brief Encounters of an Unpredictable Kind: Everyday Multiculturalism in Two London Street Markets-- S.Watson Street-level Cosmopolitanism: Neighbourhood Shopping Streets in Multiethnic Montreal-- M.Radice PART IV: LEISURE The Colour of Muscle: Multiculturalism at a Brooklyn Bodybuilding Gym-- J.Sherman Fishing the Georges River: Cultural Diversity and Urban Environments-- H.Goodall, S.Wearing, D.Byrne & A.Cadzow PART V: EVERYDAY SOLIDARITIES, EVERYDAY POLITICS 'Rubbing along with the neighbours' - Everyday Interactions in a Diverse Neighbourhood in the North of England-- M.Hudson, J.Phillips & K.Ray Volunteering, Social Networks, Contact Zones and Rubbish: The Case of the 'Korean Volunteer Team'-- F.Leo Collins PART VI: EVERYDAY TENSIONS We Both Eat Rice, But That's About It: Korean and Latino Relations in Multi-ethnic Los Angeles-- C.Han Everyday Racism in Singapore-- S.Velayutham. |