Creating Ethnicity: The Process of Ethnogenesis - Rilegato

Roosens, Eugeen E.

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ISBN 10: 080393422X ISBN 13: 9780803934221

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns, 1990

Riassunto

Creating Ethnicity raises the important question of `what is ethnic?′ Using case studies from Canada, Zaire, Belgium and Bolivia, Roosens shows that ethnicity does not always stem from ancient tradition, but can be shaped, modified, recreated or even manufactured in modern society. The author largely focuses on the Huron Indians of Quebec, an ethnic group that had all but disappeared, but which manufactured an ethnic tradition almost from scratch in the midst of a modern, industrialized nation. They are contrasted with other ethnic groups in other countries, whose paths to ethnic identity were very different. Finally, Roosens examines a contemporary European city, Brussels, and shows how various ethnic minorities preserved, shaped and generated their own identity in a multi-ethnic society. From these examples Roosens develops a theory of ethnic culture and how it is manifest in the modern world.

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Contenuti

The Making of Natural Feelings
Problems, Concepts and Theoretical Starting Point
Indian Status
The Hurons of Quebec
Indian Political Ideology and Harder Facts
`French' Expertise and `French' Autochthony
Closer to Reality
Coversations with Huron Citizens
The Aymara of Turco, Hurons in Reverse
The Luba of Kasai (Zaire)
New `White' Ethnics
Ethnic Minorities in Belgium
Among Potential Equals
Final Reflections
Ethnic Subtleties

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Book by Roosens Eugeen E

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Sage Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 080393422X
• ISBN 13: 9780803934221
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 168
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile