The enigma of ethnicity : another American dilemma / Wilbur Zelinsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zelinsky, Wilbur, 1921-2013.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Ethnic relations.

United States.

Ethnic relations.

Ethnicity--United States.

Ethnicity.

Cultural pluralism--United States.

Cultural pluralism.

Physical Description:

xvii, 315 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2001]

Summary:

In The Enigma of Ethnicity Wilbur Zelinsky draws upon more than half a century of exploring the cultural and social geography of an ever-changing North America to become both biographer and critic of the recent concept of ethnicity. In this ambitious and encyclopedic work, he examines ethnicity's definition, evolution, significance, implications, and entanglements with other phenomena as well as the mysteries of ethnic identity and performance. Reasonable, non-polemical, and straightforward, this is an excellent text for readers wanting an in-depth overview of the literature on ethnicity in the United States as well as a well-thought-out understanding of the meanings and dynamics of ethnic groups, ethnicity, and multiculturalism.

Contents:

1 Coming to Terms 1

2 Expressions 54

3 Heterolocalism 124

4 Thinking about Identity 155

5 Explicating the Age of Ethnicity 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-305) and index.

ISBN:

0877457492

0877457506

OCLC:

45207897