{"product_id":"making-multiculturalism-boundaries-and-meaning-in-u-s-english-departments-paperback-softback-9780804751643","title":"Making Multiculturalism; Boundaries and Meaning in U.S. English Departments (Paperback \/ softback) 9780804751643","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaking Multiculturalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBoundaries and Meaning in U.S. English Departments\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBethany Bryson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780804751643\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 May 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages, 5 tables, 4 figures\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.313 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...Bryson's book is an incisive and provocative account of multiculturalism in action, told in a style that never strains for academic pomposity. In an important way, hers is a telltale reminder that multiculturalism, when it remains as empty talk, can easily become a cover for the deeper structural problems that reproduce social inequality.\" - \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMulticulturalism was a hot issue on college campuses in the 1990s, and it was a confusing issue, especially for English professors. \u003ci\u003eMaking Multiculturalism\u003c\/i\u003e ventures into four college English departments to explore how professors made sense of multiculturalism. Their answers provide important insights into the \"canon wars,\" multiculturalism, and cultural change. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining meaning as a system of boundaries, Bryson uncovers specific mechanisms through which social institutions preserve themselves by imposing old meanings on new ideas. She connects those insights to some of today's most difficult cultural policy challenges, including campus (or workplace) diversity, individual responsibility, and the policy pitfalls of defining culture as something separate from social life. Bryson contends that cultural policy should abandon the \"norms and values\" definition of culture as individual beliefs and focus instead on the cultural implications of structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52548817551640,"sku":"9780804751643","price":19.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/making-multiculturalism-boundaries-and-meaning-in-u-s-english-departments-paperback-softback-9780804751643","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}