ISBN:
9781501767562
,
9781501767555
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 270 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm
Parallel Title:
Online version Chebel d'Appollonia, Ariane Violent America
DDC:
303.60973
Keywords:
Sozialgeschichte
;
Ethnischer Konflikt
;
Identitätspolitik
;
Gewalt
;
USA
;
Violence / United States
;
Identity politics / United States
;
Ethnic conflict
;
United States / Race relations
;
HISTORY / Social History
;
Ethnic conflict
;
Identity politics
;
Race relations
;
Violence
;
United States
;
Ethnischer Konflikt
;
Sozialgeschichte
;
Gewalt
;
Identitätspolitik
;
USA
Abstract:
"This book analyzes how the use of violence has been and today remains an effective identity strategy by which all ethno-racial groups gain status-and thus acceptance into the American mainstream. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the complex relationship between multiethnic grievances and ethno-racial conflicts in America"-
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Part 1. Lessons from the Past. Violence as a Proactive Response to Adversity ; Violence as a Cause of Ethnoracial Identities ; From Past to Present Ethnoracial Identification Strategy ; The Dynamics of Contention -- Part 2. Current Trajectories of Violence in Post-Racial America. Two Tales of One Nation ; From Identity Politics to Ethnoracial Identity Crisis ; Centrifugal Dynamics of Societal Fragmentation -- Part 3. Current Lessons from America. Is a Violent Society America's only Possible Future? ; Is Violent America Europe's Future? -- Conclusion: Lessons for the Future
Permalink