Argues that Irish American masculinity functioned to negotiate, consolidate, and reinforce hegemonic whiteness in Hollywood cinema from 1930 to 1960.

Explores the links between language, cultural identity, and creativity through the works of Emanuel Carnevali, one of the first Italian American authors to attain literary recognition.

Philosophers consider race and racism from the perspective of lived, bodily experience.

Late eighteenth-century writings on race by Kant and four of his contemporaries.

Demonstrates how written and visual representations worked to construct definitions of ethnicity in midcentury America.

Fascinating look at the challenges faced by John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama in their quests to win the presidency.

Geographical perspectives on the changing patterns of race and ethnicity in the United States.

Examines the project of Filipino self-determination in the context of capitalist globalization.

A look at the Latino experience in the American South using data from Richmond, Virginia.

Explores how Cuban Americans negotiate bicultural identities through cultural production.

Demonstrates the many devastating and interrelated threats that punitive policies like “zero tolerance” pose to youth, schooling, and democracy.

Offers a detailed picture of the lives of Cuban Americans through interviews with artists, writers, and philosophers.

From mascots to half-time shows to media coverage, Beyond the Cheers critically and honestly assesses the role of race in big time college sports.

Presents the theoretical dimension of three decades of research on African-derived concepts of helping.

Examines the experiences of Latina and Latino prisoners in New York maximum security prisons, offering a realistic interpretation of the relationship that exists between prisoners, the state, and the civil society within which prisons operate.

Based on data from the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, the authors examine the high level of mobility among American Jews and their increasing dispersion throughout the United States, and how ...

Based on qualitative and quantitative studies in the United States and Puerto Rico, this book demonstrates the significant effect of patients' and health care providers' ethnic and cultural backgrounds on chronic pain.

Examines the influence of American law on Muslim life in the United States, treating such issues as pluralism and religious toleration, immigration and naturalization, civil rights, Black Muslims and the prisoners' rights movement, municipal zoning, an

Throughout the world, certain ethnic groups have made a living through trade and have found a place for themselves in their societies' middle strata. At times, these 'middlemen minorities' have aroused ...

This book is a study of the relationship between ethnicity and socioeconomic status. it is the first to empirically study both the white and nonwhite underclass. Jiobu uses United States census data on ...

This is a study of the main ethnic groups in California and is the only study that offers a direct comparison of these various ethnic groups. The author presents the thesis that the upward mobility of ...