Multiculturalism and diversity
Subtitle: a social psychological perspective
By: Bernice Lott.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Malden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781405190664; 9781405190657
Subjects: Multiculturalism; Ethnopsychology; Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Description: "Multiculturalism is a theoretical, political, and educational perspective that has had great influence within contemporary psychology but of which the meaning and implications are not yet full understood. In Multiculturalism and Diversity, Bernice Lott uses the lenses of social and critical psychology to illuminate the meaning and scope of culture and its relationship with diversity. Lott posits that all human beings in contemporary society are multicultural and focuses on the many dimensions and politics of culture and how these shape individual identities." "The definition of culture guiding this book is one that is inclusive and pertains to many human groups, large and small. The author argues that such an approach provides an authentic way of understanding how significant group memberships affect individual self-definition, experience, behavior, and social interaction. Multiculturalism and Diversity positions multicultural psychology as an active, changing, and dynamic field and is sure to stimulate reasoned debate, discussion, and questions for further empirical inquiry."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the multicultural person; title: Culture; title: Ethnicity; title: Gender; title: Social class; title: Sexual identity cultures; title: The cultural mosaic; title: Some implications for research and practice.