Global Multiculturalism

Preface p. ix Introduction: National Boundaries/Transnational Identities Grant H. Cornwell and Eve Walsh Stoddard p. 1 Part I. Multiculturalism and Ethnicity: Contested Ownership of National Culture 1 Miscegenation as a Metaphor for Nation-Building: The "Douglarization" Controversy in Trinidad and Tobago Eve Walsh Stoodard and Grant H. Cornwell p. 29 2 The Chinese in Thailand: Ethnicity, Power, and Cultural Opportunity Structures Ansil Ramsay p. 51 3 "To Be French": Franco-Maghrebians and the Commission de la Nationalite Judith DeGroat p. 73 4 Spectacular Imaginings: Performing Community in Guatemala Kirk W. Fuoss and Randall T.G. Hill p. 93 Part II. Multiculturalism and Race: Alternative Constructions of Black and White 5 Brazil: Interactions and Conflicts in a Multicultural Society Edimilson de Almeida Pereira and Steven F. White p. 123 6 Songs in a Strange Land: Dual Consciousness and the Narrative of African American Identity in the United States Joseph Kling p. 143 7 Letting the Side Down: Personal Reflections on Colonial and Independent Kenya Celia Nyamweru p. 169 8 Race and the Formation of Cuban National and Cultural Identity Henley C. Adams p. 193 Part III. Multiculturalism and Politics: Constitutional Approaches to Inequality 9 The Zimbabwe Constitution: Race, Land Reform, and Social Justice Patricia Alden and John Mw. Makumbe p. 215 10 Bosnia: Two Days in November William Hunt p. 239 11 The Crisis of the Mexican State and the Nation: Chiapas as Metaphor Laura Nuzzi O'Shaughnessy p. 263 12 China's Ethnicities: State Ideology and Policy in Historical Perspective Anne Csete p. 287 13 Official Multiculturalism in Canada: Between Virtue and Politics Louis Dupont and Nathalie Lemarchand p. 309 Index p. 337 About the Contributors.