Unsettling Settler Societies
Subtitle: Articulations of Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Class (SAGE Series on Race and Ethnic Relations)
Contributors: Daiva K Stasiulis (Editor); Nira Yuval-Davis (Editor)
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: August 11, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780803986947
Subjects: Civil rights & citizenship; Ethnography; Gender Studies; Immigration & emigration; Multicultural studies; Social groups & communities; Social issues; Sex role; Europe; Social Science; Sociology - General; Sociology; Algeria; Australia; Canada; Israel; Mexico; New Zealand; Peru; Republic of South Africa; USA; Zimbabwe; Social Science / Sociology / General; Ethnic relations; Colonies; History
First sentence: The complex articulations of race, ethnicity, nation, class and gender that form the subject of this book on 'settler societies' have only recently been explored within feminist literature.
Description: Settler societies are those in which European migrants have become politically dominant over indigenous peoples and a heterogeneous social structure has developed. They offer a unique prism for understanding the complex relations of gender, race, ethnicity and class in contemporary societies.

Bringing together a distinguished cast of contributors, this book looks at the relation between indigenous and settler/immigrant populations. The text highlights the experiences of 10 diverse societies (the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Algeria and Israel) and examines how the internal dynamics of settler societies reflect their positions within a global economy.

In its critical examination of settler societies and its exploration of the conflicts that characterize them, Unsettling Settler Societies will be an invaluable text for students of race and ethnic relations, women's and gender studies and social and political theory.