Multiculturalism and Diversity
A Social Psychological Perspective
Paperback Engels 2009 9781405190657Samenvatting
Multiculturalism and Diversity focuses on the ways in which history and identity inform each other, and examines the politics of culture as well as the politics of cultural identities within the U.S. Illustrates the basic proposition that each of us is a unique multicultural human being and that culture affects individual self-definition, experience, behavior, and social interactionMoves from early simple definitions of multiculturalism to more complex understandings focused on culture as learned, teachable (shared), and fluidUses a critical approach to the study of culture and personal identity that is informed by historical and social factors and an appreciation of their interactionExamines the various cultural threads within the mosaic of a person's multicultural self such as sexual identity, gender, social class, and ethnicity
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
Multicultural Psychology and Cross-Cultural Psychology.
Interpretive Lenses.
Persons and Communities.
A Proposed Social Psychological Perspective.
Definitions and Common Themes.
2 Culture.
Culture is Part of Human Biology.
Diversity of Cultures.
Empiricism and Social Constructions.
3 Ethnicity.
Race and Racism.
Ethnicity.
4 Gender.
Differences in Relative Power.
Cultures of Gender.
Interactions with Ethnicity.
Gender Salience.
5 Social Class.
Doing Social Class.
Unequal Access to Resources.
Working-Class and Low-Income Families.
The Middle Class.
The Rich.
Moving On.
6 Sexual Identity Cultures.
Heterosexual Culture.
Sexual Minority Cultures.
7 The Cultural Mosaic.
Diverse Cultural Communities.
Cultural Identities: How Do I Describe Myself?
Conflicting Identities.
Cultural Intersections.
8 Some Implications for Research and Practice.
Research.
Practice.
What Now?
References.
Subject Index.
Name Index.
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