Celebrating 40 Years of Ethnic and Racial Studies

<p>This volume celebrates the 40th Anniversary of <i>Ethnic and Racial Studies</i>. It reproduces eleven classic papers published in the journal, accompanied by discussions of each paper by invited specialists, and responses from the original authors. The various discussions in this volume provide an insight into the evolution of contemporary debates and controversies in the field of ethnic and racial studies. By bringing together these papers in one volume for the first time, this book explores a number of on-going debates about race and ethnicity.</p> <p>Introduction: Reflections on classic papers in <i>Ethnic and Racial Studies </i>1. Symbolic ethnicity: the future of ethnic groups and cultures in America<i> </i>2. Symbolic ethnicity and Herbert Gans: race, religion, and politics in the twenty-first century<i> </i>3. Another look at symbolic ethnicity<i> </i>4. The twilight of ethnicity among Americans of European ancestry: the case of Italians<i> </i>5. The origins of "new assimilation theory"<i> </i>6. Continuities in assimilation<i> </i>7. Masculinity and nationalism: gender and sexuality in the making of nations<i> </i>8. Sex, violence and nationalism<i> </i>9. The continuing significance of masculinity<i> </i>10. The tie that binds: race, gender and US violence<i> </i>11. On violence, intersectionality and transversal politics<i> </i>12. The study of transnationalism: pitfalls and promise of an emergent research field<i> </i>13. Transnationalism reloaded: the historical trajectory of a concept<i> </i>14. Commentary on the study of transnationalism: pitfalls and promise of an emergent research field<i> </i>15. When work disappears: new implications for race and urban poverty in the global economy<i> </i>16. Race, class, politics, and the disappearance of work<i> </i>17. Race, class, politics, and the disappearance of work: a rejoinder<i> </i>18. Transnational migration and the redefinition of the state: Variations and explanations<i> </i>19. Transnationalism and the state: recurring themes and new directions<i> </i>20. Rethinking ‘transnational migration and the redefinition of the state’ or what to do about (semi-) permanent impermanence<i> </i>21. Why migration policies fail<i> </i>22. Towards a new politics of migration?<i> </i>23. Migration policies are problematic – because they are about migration<i> </i>24. The ‘diaspora’ diaspora<i> </i>25. Beyond the "The ‘diaspora’ diaspora": a response to Rogers Brubaker<i> </i>26. Revisiting "The ‘diaspora’ diaspora"<i> </i>27. Super-diversity and its implications<i> </i>28. Mooring "super-diversity" to a brutal migration milieu<i> </i>29. Mooring, migration milieus and complex explanations<i> </i>30. The future of whiteness: a map of the ‘third wave’<i> </i>31. Surfing the third wave of whiteness studies: reflections on Twine and Gallagher<i> </i>32. From wave to tsunami: the growth of third wave whiteness </p>