Ethnicity as a political resource : : conceptualizations across disciplines, regions, and periods / / edited by University of Cologne Forum "Ethnicity as a Political Resource".

• HerausgeberIn: University of Cologne Forum.
• TeilnehmendeR: University of Cologne Forum "Ethnicity as a Political Resource",; Conceptualizing ethnicity as a political resource (2014 : Universität zu Köln)
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld, Germany : : Transcript Verlag,, [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Global Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (261 pages)

How is ethnicity viewed by scholars of different academic disciplines? Can its emergences be compared in various regions of the world? How can it be conceptualized with specific reference to distinct historical periods? This book shows in a uniquely and innovative way the broad range of approaches to the political uses of ethnicity, both in contemporary settings and from a historical perspective. Its scope is multidisciplinary and spans across the globe. It is a suitable resource for teaching material. With its short contributions, it conveys central points of how to understand and analyze ethnicity as a political resource.

Besprochen in: Portal für Politikwissenschaft, 28.01.2016, Wolfgang Denzler Sociologus, 66/2 (2016), Reinhard Kößler

Table of Contents

Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Preface of the editors 7 Introduction: Ethnicity as a political resource viewed by scholars from different academic disciplines 11 Ethnicity from an anthropological perspective 25 More than meets the eye 39 The universal and the particular 57 Rethinking 'race' from Asian perspectives 75 Ethnicity as social deixis 85 Introduction: Ethnicity as a political resource in different regions of the world 99 Politicizing ethnicity - ethnicizing politics 107 The contestation over the indigenous in Africa 117 Ethnicity as a political resource 135 Ethnicity or nationality? 151 Introduction: Ethnicity as a political resource across different historical periods 171 Ethnicity in history 183 Political uses of ethnicity in early medieval Europe 201 The work of race in colonial Peru 209 Araucanos or 'Mapuches'? 221 Chinese in the Cuban revolution 237 Authors 253