Making race matter : bodies, space, and identity / edited by Claire Alexander and Caroline Knowles.

Other author Alexander, Claire E.
Other author Knowles, Caroline, 1954-
Format Book
Publication InfoHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Descriptionxvii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents 'Home from home' : youth, belonging and place / Les Black -- Diaspora politics through style : racialized and politicized fashion in global markets / Parminder Bhachu -- Global and local articulations of Asian identity / Miri Song -- Comparing new migration with old : exploring the issue of asylum and settlement / Kate Reed -- Making whiteness : British lifestyle migrants in Hong Kong / Caroline Knowles -- Brilliant bodies, fragile minds : race, sport and the mind/body split / Brett St. Louis -- Remembering bodies, healing histories : the emotional politics of everyday freedom / Denise Noble -- Uses of the exotic : body, narrative, mixedness / Suki Ali -- Fear and loathing in front of a mirror / Ossie Stuart -- Culture, sexuality, and identity in an ethnic minority community : the case of Greek-Cypriot gay men in London / Constantinos N. Phellas -- Embodying violence : 'riots', dis/order and the private lives of 'the Asian gang' / Claire Alexander.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 224-245) and index.
LCCN 2005049295
ISBN1403904138 (hardback)
ISBN1403904146 (paperback)
ISBN9781403904133
ISBN9781403904140