Anthropology, Culture and Society
Ethnicity and Nationalism - Third Edition
Anthropological Perspectives
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Is ethnicity a result of cultural differences? Is ethnicity dependent on the practical use and belief in cultural differences? Drawing on a wide-range of classic and recent studies in anthropology and sociology, Thomas Hylland Eriksen examines the relationship between ethnicity, class, gender and nationhood.
Using the question ‘What is ethnicity?’ as his starting point, Eriksen examines the interplay between ideology and ethnicity, how the Internet impacts understanding of ethnicity, identity politics, and the commercialisation of identity. Through this, he reveals that far from being an immutable property of groups, ethnicity is a dynamic and shifting aspect of social relationships.
A core text for all students of social anthropology and related subjects, Ethnicity and Nationalism has been a leading introduction to the field since its original publication in 1993. This new edition - expanded and thoroughly revised - is indispensable to anyone seriously interested in understanding ethnic phenomena.
Other books by Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Anthropology, Culture and Society
What is Anthropology? - Second Edition
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
A new edition of the classic anthropology textbook which shows how anthropology is a revolutionary way of thinking about the human world.
Anthropology, Culture and Society
Small Places, Large Issues - Fourth Edition
An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
The classic introduction to social and cultural anthropology, now updated.
Overheating
An Anthropology of Accelerated Change
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A major new intervention on the overarching challenges of modernity from one of the world’s leading anthropologists
Boomtown
Runaway Globalisation on the Queensland Coast
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
An anthropological study of a community 'marinated' in fossil fuels, fraught by ambivalence and conflict.