Ethnicity: Anthropological Constructions by Marcus Banks - 9780415078009

Taylor & Francis

While ethnicity has become a blunt and overused concept in the anthropological vocabulary it is finding increasing currency in public language and thought. The author does not attempt to define the term but rather to understand its public life. > \nEthnicity has been a key concept in anthropology and sociology for many years, yet many people still seem uncertain as to its meaning, its relevance, and its relationship to other concepts such as `race' and nationalism. In Ethnicity: Anthropological Constructions the major anthropological and sociological approaches to ethnicity, covering much of the significant literature and leading authors, are outlined clearly and concisely. > Chapter 1 Introduction: basic positions and the life of an idea; Chapter 2 Ethnicity unearthed; Chapter 3 Ethnicity and race in the United States; Chapter 4 Ethnicity and race in Britain; Chapter 5 Ethnicity and nationalism; Chapter 6 Ethnicity Unbound; Chapter 7 Conclusions; > Marcus Banks is Lecturer .