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Contesting Recognition

Culture, Identity and Citizenship

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Janice McLaughlin

    1. Newcastle University, UK

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  2. Peter Phillimore

    1. Newcastle University, UK

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  3. Diane Richardson

    1. Newcastle University, UK

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Part of the book series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences (IDS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Why Contesting Recognition?

    • Janice McLaughlin, Peter Phillimore, Diane Richardson
    Pages 1-19

  3. Belonging and the Politics of Belonging

    • Nira Yuval-Davis
    Pages 20-35

  4. Disability and the Pitfalls of Recognition

    • Jackie Leach Scully
    Pages 36-52

  5. ‘Normal people’: Recognition and the Middle Classes

    • Steph Lawler
    Pages 53-73

  6. Biological Citizenship in Aotearoa/New Zealand

    • Ruth P. Fitzgerald
    Pages 74-94

  7. From the Stranger to ‘the Other’: The Politics of Cosmopolitan Beirut

    • Steven Seidman
    Pages 95-121

  8. Naming Ourselves: Recognising Racism and Mestizaje in Mexico

    • Mónica G. Moreno Figueroa
    Pages 122-143

  9. Lesbian and Gay Parents’ Sexual Citizenship: Recognition, Belonging and (Re)classification

    • Yvette Taylor
    Pages 144-165

  10. The Paradox of Recognition: Success or Stigma for Children with Learning Disabilities

    • Rayna Rapp, Faye Ginsburg
    Pages 166-186

  11. ‘The Rush to (East) German History’: Recognising Memory and Belonging

    • Anselma Gallinat
    Pages 187-205

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 206-227
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This book explores the social and political significance of contemporary recognition contests in areas such as disability, race and ethnicity, nationalism, class and sexuality, drawing on accounts from Europe, the USA, Latin America, the Middle East and Australasia.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Newcastle University, UK

    Janice McLaughlin, Peter Phillimore, Diane Richardson

About the editors

MÓNICA MORENO FIGUEROA Lecturer in Sociology at Newcastle University in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, UK RUTH FITZGERALD Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Otago, New Zealand ANSELMA GALLINET Lecturer in Sociology at Newcastle University, UK FAYE GINSBURG Kriser Professor of Anthropology at New York University where she also is Director of the Center for Media, Culture and History and co-Director of the NYU Council for the Study of Disabilities, USA STEPH LAWLER Reader in Sociology at Newcastle University, UK RAYNA RAPP Professor of Anthropology at New York University, USA JACKIE LEACH SCULLY Reader in Social and Bioethics and Director of Research at the Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Centre, Newcastle University, UK STEVEN SEIDMAN Teaches Sociology at the University at Albany, USA YVETTE TAYLOR Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Newcastle University, UK NIRA YUVAL-DAVIS Director of the Research Centre on Migration, Refugees and Belonging (CMRB) at the University of East London, UK

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