Multiculturalism and Diversity E-Book

Bernice Lott

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Serie: Contemporary Social Issues
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 333

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Multiculturalism and Diversity focuses on the ways in which history and identity inform each other, and examines the politics of culture as well as the politics of cultural identities within the U.S. * Illustrates the basic proposition that each of us is a unique multicultural human being and that culture affects individual self-definition, experience, behavior, and social interaction * Moves from early simple definitions of multiculturalism to more complex understandings focused on culture as learned, teachable (shared), and fluid * Uses a critical approach to the study of culture and personal identity that is informed by historical and social factors and an appreciation of their interaction * Examines the various cultural threads within the mosaic of a person's multicultural self such as sexual identity, gender, social class, and ethnicity

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Table of Contents

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Contemporary Social Issues

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1 Introduction: The Multicultural Person

Multicultural Psychology and Cross-Cultural Psychology

Interpretive Lenses

Persons and Communities

A Proposed Social Psychological Perspective

2 Culture

Definitions and Common Themes

Culture is Part of Human Biology

Diversity of Cultures

Empiricism and Social Constructions

3 Ethnicity

Race and Racism

Ethnicity

4 Gender

Differences in Relative Power

Cultures of Gender

Intersections with Ethnicity

Gender Distinctions

Gender Salience

5 Social Class

Doing Social Class

Unequal Access to Resources

Working-Class and Low-Income Families

The Middle Class

The Rich

Moving On

6 Sexual Identity Cultures

Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer

Heterosexual Culture

Sexual Minority Cultures

7 The Cultural Mosaic

Diverse Cultural Communities

Cultural Identities: How Do I Describe Myself ?

Conflicting Identities

8 Some Implications for Research and Practice

Research

Practice

What Now?

References

Name Index

Subject Index

End User License Agreement

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Contemporary Social Issues

Contemporary Social Issues, a book series authored by leading experts in the field, focuses on psychological inquiry and research relevant to social issues facing individuals, groups, communities, and society at large. Each volume is written for scholars, students, practitioners, and policy-makers.

Series editor: Mark Snyder

Multiculturalism and Diversity: A Social Psychological Perspective

Bernice Lott

Multiculturalism and Diversity

A Social Psychological Perspective

Bernice Lott

To my grandchildren –

Samone, Adam, Ethan, Jason, and Ariel, whose generations will hopefully take personal multicultural uniqueness for granted.

This edition first published 2010

© 2010 Bernice Lott

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lott, Bernice E.

Multiculturalism and diversity : a social psychological perspective / Bernice Lott.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4051-9066-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) – ISBN 978-1-4051-9065-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Multiculturalism. 2. Ethnopsychology. 3. Stereotypes (Social psychology) I. Title.

HM1271.L53 2009

305.8–dc22

2009008379

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Printed in Singapore

1 2010

1Introduction: The Multicultural Person

Both the nature of what we take to be a self and its expression are inherently cultural (Bhatia & Stam, 2005, p. 419).

Each individual’s many aspects are not fragmented and distanced from one another or hierarchically ordered on behalf of a ruling center but remain in full interconnectedness and communication (Sampson, 1985, p. 1209).

There are a great variety of categories to which we simultaneously belong … Belonging to each one of the membership groups can be quite important, depending on the particular context … the importance of one identity need not obliterate the importance of others (Sen, 2006, p. 19).

Each of us is a multicultural human being. This simple and basic proposition, most descriptive of those of us who live in contemporary heterogeneous societies, constitutes the basic (though complex) theme of this book. Within its pages the reader will find attempts to explain, illustrate and argue for the value of this assertion. A major stimulus for pursuit of this is the belief that the study and understanding of behavior, when guided by the premise of individual multiculturalism, will increase the authenticity of our knowledge and the reliability of our predictions. This, in turn, should enhance the relevance and efficacy of the applications of our work to significant life situations – in the interest of advancing human welfare.