This text outlines the challenge presented by key debates on identity to central questions of gender, sexuality, embodiment, health, "race" and nation. It includes discussion of: the importance of identity and difference in the contemporary world at multiple levels - global, local and personal; the ways in which identities are constructed for and ......
Piatt (law Texas Tech U.) make a case for cooperation among people the dominant culture calls nonwhite and pits against each other for jobs and other privileges of modern society. He talks about the shrinking labor market, the re-segregation of public schools, language barriers, gang warfare, and v
`The useful models, interesting examples, and intriguing research results in this collection provide excellent material for understanding international or cross-cultural management' - Management Learning Cross-cultural work groups are a reality in many contemporary organizations, yet the research into them has been dispersed among a variety ......
Contributors address such questions as how c ulture can influence the way groups operate, what happens wh en members of different cultural groups interact in a work g roup, and what management practices promote effective cross- cultural work groups. '
Spender (music and American studies, U. of Richmond) warns that the new movement for the addition of multiracial to the government's official racial classifications could lead to the creation of a privileged class of colored people, the further aggravation of race relations, and increased oppressio
Cultural Pluralism and the Rhetoric of Assimilation
This text considers immigration in the context of the global and national economy, examining such often-overlooked issues as the competition between immigrants and African Americans, inter-group tension, and ethnic separatism.
This keynote agenda for the 21st century cal ls for an ethnography which interprets a world culture that has become both postmodern and multinational. '
The New Nativism and the Anti-Immigrant Impulse in the United States
Nativism--an intense opposition to immigrants and other non- native members of society--has been deeply imbedded in the American character from the earliest days of the nation. Correspondingly, nativism, overtly or covertly, has always permeated our national discourse. Dating from the Alien and Sedition controversy of 1798 to California's recent ......
The influence of race and gender on the health status of nonwhite women in the United States is the theme of this book. Four distinct groups of women are examined closely: African Americans; American Indians and Alaskan Natives; Asian/Pacific Islander Americans; and Latinas. Contributors focus in particular on structural and cultural factors which affect women's health issues. The concluding chapter calls for the development of new paradigms to improve the delivery of health care for these women and for the US population as a whole.
