Peter Childs
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748620432
- eISBN:
- 9780748671700
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748620432.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
One of Michael Jackson’s hit singles has the consistent line in its chorus, ‘It Don’t Matter If You’re Black Or White’: the statement of an ideal rather than a social fact. In Western society, white ...
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One of Michael Jackson’s hit singles has the consistent line in its chorus, ‘It Don’t Matter If You’re Black Or White’: the statement of an ideal rather than a social fact. In Western society, white has been generally portrayed as a norm against which blackness is positioned as aberrant – threatening and perhaps even monstrous. As well as telling a mini-story familiar from teen horror, Michael Jackson’s music video for his song ‘Thriller’ invokes a number of discourses about ‘race’ and race relations in the US. Riffing on 1950s horror movies, it divides small-town America between respectable cinemagoers, fascinated and appalled by celluloid monsters, and unseen street zombies who re-colonise the night. By drawing on the xenophobia of cold war America and its continuing segregationist racial policies, ‘Thriller’, like many 1950s sci-fi movies, preaches both a fear and acceptance of ‘the Other’ outside and within society. Jackson’s own troubled relationship with chromatism forms a further context for readings of the video, as does his position in both black and white popular music.Less
One of Michael Jackson’s hit singles has the consistent line in its chorus, ‘It Don’t Matter If You’re Black Or White’: the statement of an ideal rather than a social fact. In Western society, white has been generally portrayed as a norm against which blackness is positioned as aberrant – threatening and perhaps even monstrous. As well as telling a mini-story familiar from teen horror, Michael Jackson’s music video for his song ‘Thriller’ invokes a number of discourses about ‘race’ and race relations in the US. Riffing on 1950s horror movies, it divides small-town America between respectable cinemagoers, fascinated and appalled by celluloid monsters, and unseen street zombies who re-colonise the night. By drawing on the xenophobia of cold war America and its continuing segregationist racial policies, ‘Thriller’, like many 1950s sci-fi movies, preaches both a fear and acceptance of ‘the Other’ outside and within society. Jackson’s own troubled relationship with chromatism forms a further context for readings of the video, as does his position in both black and white popular music.
Gerard Delanty, Ruth Wodak, and Paul Jones (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
By investigating the narratives of everyday life, Identity, Belonging and Migration provides some understanding of the many socio-political, historical, discursive and socio-cognitive processes ...
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By investigating the narratives of everyday life, Identity, Belonging and Migration provides some understanding of the many socio-political, historical, discursive and socio-cognitive processes involved in expressions of everyday racism in European countries. Consisting of three parts, the book provides a contextual understanding of European society past and present, foregrounding race and discrimination’s place within it. Part one of the text analyses the theoretical perspectives on belonging within a European context, part two addresses the exclusionary discourses and practices of states and their institutions, and part three concludes the book with four thematic discussions on violence, resistance, Islamophobia in the Netherlands, and racism in the education system.Less
By investigating the narratives of everyday life, Identity, Belonging and Migration provides some understanding of the many socio-political, historical, discursive and socio-cognitive processes involved in expressions of everyday racism in European countries. Consisting of three parts, the book provides a contextual understanding of European society past and present, foregrounding race and discrimination’s place within it. Part one of the text analyses the theoretical perspectives on belonging within a European context, part two addresses the exclusionary discourses and practices of states and their institutions, and part three concludes the book with four thematic discussions on violence, resistance, Islamophobia in the Netherlands, and racism in the education system.
Alana Lentin
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.003.0006
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
This chapter, written by Alana Lentin, is the first discussion in the second section of the text, titled ‘Institutional Forms of Discrimination’. It assesses the implications of the adoption of ...
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This chapter, written by Alana Lentin, is the first discussion in the second section of the text, titled ‘Institutional Forms of Discrimination’. It assesses the implications of the adoption of various anti-racist stances by European states in the post World War II context; drawing out a range of issues associated with the paradox of anti-racist states that are maintained and legitimated by nationalist discourse.Less
This chapter, written by Alana Lentin, is the first discussion in the second section of the text, titled ‘Institutional Forms of Discrimination’. It assesses the implications of the adoption of various anti-racist stances by European states in the post World War II context; drawing out a range of issues associated with the paradox of anti-racist states that are maintained and legitimated by nationalist discourse.
Helena Flam
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.003.0010
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
‘On Institutional and Agentic Discrimination: Migrants and National Labour Markets’, written by Helena Flam, focuses on the discriminatory processes operative in European labour markets.
‘On Institutional and Agentic Discrimination: Migrants and National Labour Markets’, written by Helena Flam, focuses on the discriminatory processes operative in European labour markets.
Gerard Delanty, Paul Jones, and Ruth Wodak
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.003.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
This introductory chapter foregrounds the topics of discussion to follow, including studies on societal discourse and racism, the institutional logic of racial discrimination, liberal traditions and ...
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This introductory chapter foregrounds the topics of discussion to follow, including studies on societal discourse and racism, the institutional logic of racial discrimination, liberal traditions and the legacy of the liberal idea of ‘tolerance’, the ways in which fear can be constructed, and varying perspectives on racism.Less
This introductory chapter foregrounds the topics of discussion to follow, including studies on societal discourse and racism, the institutional logic of racial discrimination, liberal traditions and the legacy of the liberal idea of ‘tolerance’, the ways in which fear can be constructed, and varying perspectives on racism.
Tom R. Burns
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.003.0009
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
Tom R. Burns’ ‘Towards a Theory of Structural Discrimination: Cultural, Institutional and Interactional Mechanisms of the ‘European Dilemma’’ draws on a wide range of material in order to interrogate ...
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Tom R. Burns’ ‘Towards a Theory of Structural Discrimination: Cultural, Institutional and Interactional Mechanisms of the ‘European Dilemma’’ draws on a wide range of material in order to interrogate the concepts of structural and institutional discrimination, which the author argues are particularly pertinent concepts when attempting to understand the nature of the discrimination faced by many migrants.Less
Tom R. Burns’ ‘Towards a Theory of Structural Discrimination: Cultural, Institutional and Interactional Mechanisms of the ‘European Dilemma’’ draws on a wide range of material in order to interrogate the concepts of structural and institutional discrimination, which the author argues are particularly pertinent concepts when attempting to understand the nature of the discrimination faced by many migrants.
Masoud Kamali
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.003.0016
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
The conclusion of Identity, Belonging and Migration, written by Masoud Kamali, situates discussions of discrimination, belonging and migration in the context of the structural discrimination that the ...
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The conclusion of Identity, Belonging and Migration, written by Masoud Kamali, situates discussions of discrimination, belonging and migration in the context of the structural discrimination that the author suggests is inherent in ostensibly ‘post-colonial’ European nation-states.Less
The conclusion of Identity, Belonging and Migration, written by Masoud Kamali, situates discussions of discrimination, belonging and migration in the context of the structural discrimination that the author suggests is inherent in ostensibly ‘post-colonial’ European nation-states.
Lena Sawyer and Paul Jones
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.003.0013
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
Chapter twelve, written by Lena Sawyer with Paul R. Jones, looks at the various forms of resistance mobilized by migrants experiencing prejudice, discrimination and racism. The chapter places ...
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Chapter twelve, written by Lena Sawyer with Paul R. Jones, looks at the various forms of resistance mobilized by migrants experiencing prejudice, discrimination and racism. The chapter places particular focus on the multiple and complex relationships between illegitimate power and resistance.Less
Chapter twelve, written by Lena Sawyer with Paul R. Jones, looks at the various forms of resistance mobilized by migrants experiencing prejudice, discrimination and racism. The chapter places particular focus on the multiple and complex relationships between illegitimate power and resistance.
Ruth Wodak
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.003.0004
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
Chapter three, written by Ruth Wodak, applies a critical analysis to right-wing political discourse in order to reveal some of the more general discursive techniques that construct and maintain ...
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Chapter three, written by Ruth Wodak, applies a critical analysis to right-wing political discourse in order to reveal some of the more general discursive techniques that construct and maintain distinctions between ‘us’ and ‘them’.Less
Chapter three, written by Ruth Wodak, applies a critical analysis to right-wing political discourse in order to reveal some of the more general discursive techniques that construct and maintain distinctions between ‘us’ and ‘them’.
Çağla E. Aykaç
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.003.0007
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
Çaǧla E. Aykaç’s ‘What Space for Migrant Voices in European Anti-Racism?’ investigates the development of a critical policy analysis of the European Union.
Çaǧla E. Aykaç’s ‘What Space for Migrant Voices in European Anti-Racism?’ investigates the development of a critical policy analysis of the European Union.
Brook Thomas
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- June 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780190456368
- eISBN:
- 9780190456399
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190456368.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
The chapter looks at new directions in law and literature from James Boyd White’s 1973 publication of The Legal Imagination to Julie Stone Peters’s 2005 announcement of the end of a movement. It ...
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The chapter looks at new directions in law and literature from James Boyd White’s 1973 publication of The Legal Imagination to Julie Stone Peters’s 2005 announcement of the end of a movement. It focuses on different institutional spaces in which interdisciplinary work took place, including spaces outside the United States. This period saw developments in questions of politics, ethics, and aesthetics; drama, narrative, and interpretation; equity, sovereignty, and jurisdiction; race, class, and gender; copyright and censorship; torts and contracts; economics, marriage, inheritance, and crime. Thomas compares the rise of various organizations and journals devoted to law, literature, and the humanities with ones devoted to law and society. He stresses the continued need for scholars to engage work done in different spaces and times.Less
The chapter looks at new directions in law and literature from James Boyd White’s 1973 publication of The Legal Imagination to Julie Stone Peters’s 2005 announcement of the end of a movement. It focuses on different institutional spaces in which interdisciplinary work took place, including spaces outside the United States. This period saw developments in questions of politics, ethics, and aesthetics; drama, narrative, and interpretation; equity, sovereignty, and jurisdiction; race, class, and gender; copyright and censorship; torts and contracts; economics, marriage, inheritance, and crime. Thomas compares the rise of various organizations and journals devoted to law, literature, and the humanities with ones devoted to law and society. He stresses the continued need for scholars to engage work done in different spaces and times.
David Ian Hanauer
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.003.0011
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
Chapter ten, written by David Ian Hanauer, uses the controversial cultural component of UK ‘citizenship criteria’ – the so-called ‘Britishness test’ – to draw out general themes of migration, ...
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Chapter ten, written by David Ian Hanauer, uses the controversial cultural component of UK ‘citizenship criteria’ – the so-called ‘Britishness test’ – to draw out general themes of migration, territoriality and national identity relative to the nation-state.Less
Chapter ten, written by David Ian Hanauer, uses the controversial cultural component of UK ‘citizenship criteria’ – the so-called ‘Britishness test’ – to draw out general themes of migration, territoriality and national identity relative to the nation-state.
Bo Stråth
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.003.0002
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
This chapter, the first in the ‘Theoretical Perspectives on Belonging’ section outlines a framework within which to understand the processes that have led to narratives of national and European ...
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This chapter, the first in the ‘Theoretical Perspectives on Belonging’ section outlines a framework within which to understand the processes that have led to narratives of national and European belonging, and explores the exclusionary tensions upon which they are predicated. It was written by Bo Stråth, distinguished Professor in Nordic, European and World History at Helsinki University, whose research focuses on the issue of modernity of Europe in a comparative context.Less
This chapter, the first in the ‘Theoretical Perspectives on Belonging’ section outlines a framework within which to understand the processes that have led to narratives of national and European belonging, and explores the exclusionary tensions upon which they are predicated. It was written by Bo Stråth, distinguished Professor in Nordic, European and World History at Helsinki University, whose research focuses on the issue of modernity of Europe in a comparative context.
Paul Jones and Michał Krzyżanowski
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.003.0003
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
‘Identity, Belonging and Migration: Beyond Constructing ‘Others’’, written by Paul Jones and Michael Krzyanowksi, addresses similar themes to the chapter that comes before it by seeking to discourage ...
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‘Identity, Belonging and Migration: Beyond Constructing ‘Others’’, written by Paul Jones and Michael Krzyanowksi, addresses similar themes to the chapter that comes before it by seeking to discourage the uncritical application of the concept of identity, which the authors argue is not always helpful when assessing the relationship of migrants to collectives.Less
‘Identity, Belonging and Migration: Beyond Constructing ‘Others’’, written by Paul Jones and Michael Krzyanowksi, addresses similar themes to the chapter that comes before it by seeking to discourage the uncritical application of the concept of identity, which the authors argue is not always helpful when assessing the relationship of migrants to collectives.
Gerard Delanty
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.003.0005
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
Gerald Delanty’s ‘Dilemmas of Secularism: Europe, Religion and the Problem of Pluralism’ argues that contemporary discussions of migration, exclusion, and belonging must be understood in the context ...
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Gerald Delanty’s ‘Dilemmas of Secularism: Europe, Religion and the Problem of Pluralism’ argues that contemporary discussions of migration, exclusion, and belonging must be understood in the context of broader tensions around religion, secularism, and transformations in the liberal conception of the social order.Less
Gerald Delanty’s ‘Dilemmas of Secularism: Europe, Religion and the Problem of Pluralism’ argues that contemporary discussions of migration, exclusion, and belonging must be understood in the context of broader tensions around religion, secularism, and transformations in the liberal conception of the social order.
Irène Bellier
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.003.0008
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
Chapter seven, written by Irène Bellier, addresses the concept of human rights in the context of so-called ‘multicultural societies’, and uses the Roma as an illustrative case study.
Chapter seven, written by Irène Bellier, addresses the concept of human rights in the context of so-called ‘multicultural societies’, and uses the Roma as an illustrative case study.
Helena Flam and Brigitte Beauzamy
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.003.0012
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
Helena Flam and Brigitte Beauzamy’s ‘Symbolic Violence’ is the first chapter within the third and final section of the book, titled ‘Cases of Belonging and Exclusion’. It assesses the relevance of ...
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Helena Flam and Brigitte Beauzamy’s ‘Symbolic Violence’ is the first chapter within the third and final section of the book, titled ‘Cases of Belonging and Exclusion’. It assesses the relevance of the concept of symbolic violence, now perhaps primarily associated with Pierre Bourdieu, for understanding the ‘everyday’ forms of discrimination faced by migrants in Europe.Less
Helena Flam and Brigitte Beauzamy’s ‘Symbolic Violence’ is the first chapter within the third and final section of the book, titled ‘Cases of Belonging and Exclusion’. It assesses the relevance of the concept of symbolic violence, now perhaps primarily associated with Pierre Bourdieu, for understanding the ‘everyday’ forms of discrimination faced by migrants in Europe.
Marc de Leeuw and Sonja van Wichelen
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.003.0014
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
Marc de Leeuw and Sonja van Wichelen’s ‘Transformations of ‘Dutchness’: From Happy Multiculturalism to the Crisis of Dutch Liberalism’ provides a discussion of Islamophobia in the Netherlands, ...
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Marc de Leeuw and Sonja van Wichelen’s ‘Transformations of ‘Dutchness’: From Happy Multiculturalism to the Crisis of Dutch Liberalism’ provides a discussion of Islamophobia in the Netherlands, placing it within the context of multiculturalism in Europe.Less
Marc de Leeuw and Sonja van Wichelen’s ‘Transformations of ‘Dutchness’: From Happy Multiculturalism to the Crisis of Dutch Liberalism’ provides a discussion of Islamophobia in the Netherlands, placing it within the context of multiculturalism in Europe.
Luisa Martín Rojo
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781846311185
- eISBN:
- 9781786945310
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781846311185.003.0015
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
Chapter four adopts a discursive analytical approach to reveal the language-based assumption that creates hierarchies in education systems. The author, Luisa Martin Rojo, uses a case study of Madrid ...
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Chapter four adopts a discursive analytical approach to reveal the language-based assumption that creates hierarchies in education systems. The author, Luisa Martin Rojo, uses a case study of Madrid schools to support this general argument.Less
Chapter four adopts a discursive analytical approach to reveal the language-based assumption that creates hierarchies in education systems. The author, Luisa Martin Rojo, uses a case study of Madrid schools to support this general argument.
