Contesting Recognition

Culture, Identity and Citizenship
2011. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-28050-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 227 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences

This book explores the social and political significance of contemporary recognition contests in areas such as disability, race and ethnicity, nationalism, class and sexuality, drawing on accounts from Europe, the USA, Latin America, the Middle East and Australasia.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mclaughlin, J.

Phillimore, P.

Richardson, D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Contesting Recognition; J.McLaughlin, P.Phillimore  & D.Ri chardson  Belonging and the Politics of Belonging; N.Yuval-Davis Disability and the Pitfalls of Recognition; J.Leach Scully   'Normal People': Recognition and the Middle Classes; S.Lawler Biological Citizenship in Aotearoa/New Zealand; R.Fitzgerald From the Stranger to 'the Other': The Politics of Cosmopolitan Beirut; S.Seidman Naming Ourselves: Recognising Racism and Mestizaje in Mexico; M.Moreno Figueroa Lesbian and Gay Parents' Sexual Citizenship: Recognition, Belonging and (Re)classification; Y.Taylor The Paradox of Recognition: Success or Stigma for Children with Learning Disabilities; R.Rapp  & F.Ginsburg 'The Rush to (East) German History': Recognising Memory and Belonging; A.Gallinat References Index

Über Autor(innen)

MÓNICA MORENO FIGUEROA Lecturer in Sociology at Newcastle University in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, UK
RUTH FITZGERALD Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Otago, New Zealand
ANSELMA GALLINET Lecturer in Sociology at Newcastle University, UK
FAYE GINSBURG Kriser Professor of Anthropology at New York University where she also is Director of the Center for Media, Culture and History and co-Director of the NYU Council for the Study of Disabilities, USA
STEPH LAWLER Reader in Sociology at Newcastle University, UK
RAYNA RAPP Professor of Anthropology at New York University, USA
JACKIE LEACH SCULLY Reader in Social and Bioethics and Director of Research at the Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Centre, Newcastle University, UK
STEVEN SEIDMAN Teaches Sociology at the University at Albany, USA
YVETTE TAYLOR Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Newcastle University, UK
NIRA YUVAL-DAVIS Director of the Research Centre on Migration, Refugees and Belonging (CMRB) at the University of East London, UK