On Being Different: Diversity and Multiculturalism in the North American Mainstream

Type

Book

Authors

Conrad Phillip Kottak

Kathryn A. Kozaitis

ISBN 10

0078117011

ISBN 13

9780078117015

Tags

Ethnic Studies, Minority Studies, Cultural, General, Sociology, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Education, Anthropology

Description

Understanding of cultural diversity is essential to a healthy multicultural society. Fundamental to this book’s approach is the belief that a comparative, cross-cultural view of human differences and similarities enhances understanding of diversity and multiculturalism within contemporary North America. On Being Different provides an up-to-date, comprehensive, and interdisciplinary account of diversity and multiculturalism in the United States and Canada. Conrad Kottak and Kathryn Kozaitis clarify essential issues, themes, and topics in the study of diversity, including ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexual orientation. The book also presents an original theory of multiculturalism, showing how human agency and culture work to organize and change society. - from Amzon

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