Table of Contents

• Preface
• Introduction: Identities without Guarantees
• Part I: Situating Race, Ethnicity, and Identity
• Chapter 1: Representations of the Other, Robert Miles and Malcolm Brown
• Chapter 2: The Social Construction of Primordial Identities, Anton Allahar
• Chapter 3: Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Identity, Carl E. James
• Chapter 4: Postmodern Race and Gender Essentialism or a Post-Mortem of Scholarship, Radha Jhappan
• Part II: Identity, Nation, Memory, and Belonging
• Chapter 5: The Origins of National Consciousness, Benedict Anderson
• Chapter 6: Re-membering and Forgetting, Ron Eyerman
• Chapter 7: The Racial State, Michael Omi and Howard Winant
• Chapter 8: Identity, Belonging, and the Critique of Pure Sameness, Paul Gilroy
• PART III: The Negotiation of Difference
• Chapter 9: Optional Ethnicities: For Whites Only?, Mary C. Waters
• Chapter 10: Between Black and White: Understanding the Biracial Experience, Kerry Ann Rockquemore
• Chapter 11: Interrogating the Hyphen-Nation: Canadian Multicultural Policy and ""Mixed Race,"" Minelle Mahtani
• Chapter 12: Formation of Ethnic and Racial Identities: Narratives by Young Asian-American Professionals, Pyong Gap Min and Rose Kim
• Part IV: Multiculturalism, Politics, and Belonging
• Chapter 13: Immigration, Multiculturalism, and Citizenship: The Development of the Canadian Social Justice Infrastructure, Charles S. Ungerleider
• Chapter 14: ""Canadian"" as an Ethnic Identity: Implications for Multiculturalism and National Unity, Rhoda E. Howard-Hassman
• Chapter 15: Redistribution to Recognition? Dilemmas of Justice in a ""Post-Socialist"" Age, Nancy Fraser
• Chapter 16: The Future of Identity, Stuart Hall
• Appendix: Relevant Websites

About the Author

Sean P. Hier is Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria, where he teaches in the areas of race and social issues. He is also the General Editor of Contemporary Sociological Thought: Themes and Theories (Canadian Scholars' Press).

B. Singh Bolaria is Professor Emeritius of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan, and Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria. His career has focused on issues of race and social inequality.

Reviews

This is a well rounded selection of readings. This selection of readings brings together specific extracts, chapters, and articles on a very important topic of 'racial' and ethnic identity and belonging. I am unaware of any comparable reader that touches upon these same themes, so this reader will make a significant contribution."" - Lloyd Wong, University of Calgary