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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452275103321

Titolo

Constructing identities [[electronic resource]] : the interaction of national, gender and racial borders / / edited by Antonio Medina-Rivera and Lee Wilberschied

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle, Neb., : Cambridge Scholars Pub., c2013

ISBN

1-4438-5092-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Medina-RiveraAntonio

WilberschiedLee

Disciplina

303.482

Soggetti

Globalization

Acculturation

Racially mixed people - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; PART III; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; PART IV; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

The basic concern of border studies is to examine and analyze interactions that occur when two groups come into contact with one another. Acculturation and globalization are at the heart of border studies, and cultural studies scholars try to describe the possible interactions in terms of conflicts and resolutions that become the result of those possible encounters. The present book is a peer-reviewed selection of papers presented during the IV Crossing Over Symposium at Cleveland State University held in October, 2011, and it is a follow-up to our discussion on border studies. The main focus