Overview

At a time in which race lies at the heart of so much public debate, Talking Race in Young Adulthood comes at an important moment. Drawing on ethnographic research with young adults in Manchester, Harries engages with ideas of the post-racial to explore how young adults make sense of their identities, relationships and new forms of racism, consequently revealing how and in what ways race remains a salient dimension of social experience. Indeed, this book presents news ways of thinking about how we live with difference, as Harries analyses the relationship between racism, generational identities and the spatial configurations of a city. Offering a distinct contribution to the sociology of race, this book will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in fields such as Race and Ethnicity, Urban Sociology, Human Geography, Youth Studies, Cultural Studies and Social Anthropology.

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Author:   Bethan Harries (University of Manchester, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138120853

ISBN 10:   1138120855
Pages:   156
Publication Date:   25 October 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Chapter one – Introduction The research The book Chapter two – The Conflicted City Introduction The multi-layered city The city The ‘Other’ side of the city Gorton, Longsight and Moss Side Beyond the city Conclusion Chapter three - The imaginings of a ‘post-racial’ generation Introduction A ‘post-racial’ generation? The myth of sameness and the fantasy of non-racism Other times and ‘Othered’ places Mixing ≠ multiculture Conclusion Chapter four – Anticipating race: Race and the recognition of difference in encounters with diversity Introduction Expectations of difference No difference here Contrasted spaces: encountering the white working class Comfortable conceptions of difference Proximities to difference Learned encounters: the ""unspoken code"" Conclusion Chapter five – Going against the grain: resistance to identifications and the claim for multiple subjectivities Introduction Starting from the point of misrecognition White working-class identities Being ‘different’ and undermining identities of difference De-categorising identities Reworking the label: claiming a multi-faceted identity ""I am not who I am supposed to be"" Conclusion Chapter six – When is racism? Introduction The problem of racism Talking racism Racism and the weight of categorisation Social mixing: an inadequate counter to racism Naming racism, naming racists Conclusion Chapter seven – Conclusion Dedication Acknowledgements"

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In this lively study of young adults, race and everyday multiculture Bethan Harries explores how new generations learn to live with difference. What is produced is a vibrant, engaging and ultimately hopeful study of modern day multicultural living. Stitching together rich narrative accounts from young adults, the author highlights how new generations talk about race and, in many cases, might work towards a post-racial future in which race is no longer a primary marker of difference. Critical of governmental approaches to integration and cohesion, Talking Race offers a far more compelling and enriching account of generational change, difference and urban conviviality. Anoop Nayak, Professor of Social & Cultural Geography, Newcastle Unviersity, UK Britain's cities are more racially, ethnically, religiously and socially diverse than ever before and are the locus of both ã entrenched forms of inequality and hostility and post-racial conviviality. Talking Race provides an important intervention into theories of postrace, urban space and micro-encounters as they are lived and contested at the level of the everyday. It explores the complex terrain of negotiating race through the discourses of young adults, treading an empirically rich and theoretically nuanced path through the ambivalences, tensions and possibilities of contemporary urban multiculture. Claire Alexander, Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester, UK

In this lively study of young adults, race and everyday multiculture Bethan Harries explores how new generations learn to live with difference. What is produced is a vibrant, engaging and ultimately hopeful study of modern day multicultural living. Stitching together rich narrative accounts from young adults, the author highlights how new generations talk about race and, in many cases, might work towards a post-racial future in which race is no longer a primary marker of difference. Critical of governmental approaches to integration and cohesion, Talking Race offers a far more compelling and enriching account of generational change, difference and urban conviviality. Anoop Nayak, Professor of Social & Cultural Geography, Newcastle Unviersity, UK Britain's cities are more racially, ethnically, religiously and socially diverse than ever before and are the locus of both ã entrenched forms of inequality and hostility and post-racial conviviality. Talking Race provides an important intervention into theories of postrace, urban space and micro-encounters as they are lived and contested at the level of the everyday. It explores the complex terrain of negotiating race through the discourses of young adults, treading an empirically rich and theoretically nuanced path through the ambivalences, tensions and possibilities of contemporary urban multiculture. Claire Alexander, Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester, UK

In this lively study of young adults, race and everyday multiculture Bethan Harries explores how new generations learn to live with difference. What is produced is a vibrant, engaging and ultimately hopeful study of modern day multicultural living. Stitching together rich narrative accounts from young adults, the author highlights how new generations talk about race and, in many cases, might work towards a post-racial future in which race is no longer a primary marker of difference. Critical of governmental approaches to integration and cohesion, Talking Race offers a far more compelling and enriching account of generational change, difference and urban conviviality. Anoop Nayak, Professor of Social & Cultural Geography, Newcastle Unviersity, UK Britain's cities are more racially, ethnically, religiously and socially diverse than ever before and are the locus of both entrenched forms of inequality and hostility and post-racial conviviality. Talking Race provides an important intervention into theories of postrace, urban space and micro-encounters as they are lived and contested at the level of the everyday. It explores the complex terrain of negotiating race through the discourses of young adults, treading an empirically rich and theoretically nuanced path through the ambivalences, tensions and possibilities of contemporary urban multiculture. Claire Alexander, Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester, UK

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Bethan Harries is a Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Manchester, UK.

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