Multicultural Horizons: Diversity and the Limits of the Civil NationRoutledge, 07/03/2008 - 152 من الصفحات 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. 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:
This book presents a unique analysis of multiculturalism that draws on insights from critical race studies, feminist and queer studies, postcolonialism and psychoanalysis. |
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... the nation.Inthe firststudy of itskind,Fortier considers the anxieties, desires, and issues thatform discourses of'multicultural Britain' available in the British public domain. She investigates: • the significance of gender,sex ...
... it ignites,this volume examines the ways inwhich contemporary Britain is (re)imagined as a multicultural nation and howtheseimaginings are invested with idea(l)sof mixing, loving thy neighbour, and feelings for the nation. The chapters.
... the nation. The chapters that follow track the multiple incarnations and transformations 'multiculture' has ... thenation's present andfuture. In thisregard, the phrase 'multicultural horizons' refers to the intricate process of ...
... thenation/al in different temporalities—the past, present, andfuture—but they all meet intheirquestto understand whothe national'we'is, what it means atthis particular moment intime, and whatthelimits of the nation/alare.Forthis reason ...
... thenation's values such as tolerance, because thatiswhat 'makesBritain, Britain' (Blair 2006). The 'desacralizationofstate membership' (Ong 2006:145),for its part, resultsfrom the perceived destructive effectson the sacred national bond ...
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Pride shame and the skin of citizenship 21 | |
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Loving thy neighbour and the politics of interethnic | |
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Notes 106 | |
Bibliography119 Index 132 | |