Description
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Ethnicity is the subject of this collection of studies. The first question is whether or not, in an era criss-crossed with processes of transnational migrations, increasingly common migration-linked ethnicities differ essentially from traditional indigenous ones. Secondly, at a time when secularisation is a key feature of the globalisation and upscaling that have become paradigms for efficient future management, to what extent are countermovements generally sparked off, sustained and advanced by religious (and to lesser extent linguistic) emblems and structures. These questions are dealt with by means of a series of field studies among Mediterranean immigrants, Chinese and Christian Turkish refugees. The findings are compared with indigenous ethnogenesis in Transylvania and in Spain, focussing on past Christian-Muslim relations and confrontations in these areas. In this second, revised edition some attention is also given to the supra-ethnic processes in the large cities.
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Contents: Mediterranean Immigrant Ethnicities - KMT Chinese in Northern Thailand - Ethnicity, Language and Religion of the Suryoye - Ethnicity and Historicity in Transylvania - 'Biological' Christianity and Ethnicity in Spain - Indigenous and Immigrant Ethnicity - Supra-ethnic processes.
(Review)
"The articles are very readable and clearly illustrate the factors at play in emerging ethnicities in confrontation. The collection makes a helpful contribution to the understanding of the dynamics of immigrant ethnicity in Western countries which have immigrant populations." (Josien Folbert, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations)
(Author portrait)
The Editor: Johan Leman is a professor of anthropology and interethnic relations at the University of Leuven in Belgium. He is director of Merib, the Migration and Ethnicity Research Institute of Brussels. He is also director of the federal Center for equal opportunities and opposition to racism in Brussels. The author has published on Mediterranean cultures, bicultural education, interethnic relations and on undocumented migrants.
