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.
Edited by:
A. Wise,
S. Velayutham
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 528g
ISBN: 9780230210370
ISBN 10: 0230210376
Pages: 298
Publication Date: 16 July 2009
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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 Montréal; 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
AMANDA WISE is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, Macquarie University, Australia. SELVARAJ VELAYUTHAM is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Macquarie University, Australia.
Reviews for Everyday Multiculturalism
"""this accessible and methodologically innovative volume should be required reading for anyone interested in multiculturalism, immigrant incorporation and ethnographies"" - Ethnic and Racial Studies"
