Global Multiculturalism

Grant H. Cornwell is professor and chair of philosophy at St. Lawrence University. Eve Walsh Stoddard is professor of English and chair of global studies at St. Lawrence.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: National Boundaries/Transnational IdentitiesPart 2 Part I: Multi Culturalism and Ethnicity: Contested Ownership of National CultureChapter 3 Miscegenation as a Metaphor for Nation Building: The ‘Douglarisation‘ Controversy in Trinidad and TobagoChapter 4 The Chinese in Thailand: Ethnicity and PowerChapter 5 “To Be French:” Franco-Maghrebians and the Commission de la NationaliteChapter 6 Spectacular Imaginings: Performing Community in GuatemalaPart 7 Part II: Multiculturalism and Race: Alternative Constructions of Black and WhiteChapter 8 Brazil: Interactions and Conflicts in a Multicultural SocietyChapter 9 Songs in a Strange Land: Race, Dual Consciousness, and the Narrative of African-American Identity in the United StatesChapter 10 Letting the Side Down: Personal Reflections on Colonial and Independent KenyaChapter 11 Race in the Formation of Cuban National and Cultural IdentityPart 12 Part III: Multiculturalism and Politics: Constitutional Approaches to InequalityChapter 13 The Zimbabwe Constitution: Race, Land Reform and Social JusticeChapter 14 Bosnia: Two Days in NovemberChapter 15 The Crisis of the Mexican State and the Nation: Chiapas as MetaphorChapter 16 China’s Ethnicities: State Ideology and Policy in Historical PerspectiveChapter 17 Official Multiculturalism in Canada: Between Virtue and Politics

This volume is a welcome antidote to the many books that confine themselves to an examination of multiculturalism in a single context. It should be read by anyone trying to understand the complex realities of globalization and multiculturalism in the twenty-first century.