Before his grandmother Paati moved in with his family in Mariposa, life was good for Muki Krishnan. Paati's arrival coincides with big changes on the island: Mariposa's president divides citizens into Butterflies and Moths....

From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her debut book--a tour de force that uses the principles of Kwanzaa to talk about the history of African Americans. The People Remember tells the journey of African...

"The second edition of The Ethnicity Reader offers a comprehensive and challenging selection of readings for students of sociology, politics, international relations and race relations. Updated with a large proportion of new...

Stories shape the world, imposing order on chaos, and the stories we tell declare: I exist. Neil Bissoondath presses these assertions about narrative further. Stories are also, he says, forms of confession. Each time we tell a story, we...

A Boston Globe Most Anticipated Fall Book In this urgently needed guide, the PBS host, award-winning journalist, and author of We Need to Talk teaches us how to have productive conversations about race, offering insights, advice, and...

The text uses a collection of personal comments and essays, written by students from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds, to examine what it means to participate in the cultural and ethnic "mosaic" that comprises Canada today. The...

In our society, cultural activity - or the arts - usually refers to the high culture of the elites and popular mass culture. Clarke Mackey argues for a third category that is as old as human society itself but seldom discussed:...

People from every single country in the world call Canada home. From the very first arrivals as long as 30,000 years ago - the ancestors of Canadas Aboriginal peoples - right up until today, people have settled in this country to build...