Multicultural Horizons

<p>The intensity of feeling that multiculturalism invariably ignites is considered in this timely analysis of how the ‘New Britain’ of the twenty-first century is variously re-imagined as multicultural. Introducing the concept of ‘multicultural intimacies’ Anne-Marie Fortier offers a new form of critical engagement with the cultural politics of multiculturalism one that attends to ideals of mixing loving thy neighbour and feelings for the nation.</p><p>In the first study of its kind Fortier considers the anxieties desires and issues that form representations of ‘multicultural Britain’ available in the British public domain. She investigates:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>the significance of gender sex generations and kinship as well as race and ethnicity in debates about cultural difference </li> <li>the consolidation of religion as a marker of absolute difference</li> <li>‘moral racism’ the criteria for good citizenship and the limits of civility. </li> </ul><p>This book presents a unique analysis of multiculturalism that draws on insights from critical race studies feminist and queer studies postcolonialism and psychoanalysis. </p>