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Urban Multiculture

Youth, Politics and Cultural Transformation in a Global City

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  • © 2015

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  1. Malcolm James

    1. University of Sussex, UK

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This book explores the transformation of youth and urban culture in neoliberal Britain. Focusing on the reconfiguration of urban culture in relation to race, marginalization and youth politics, James examines the shifting formations of memory, territory, cultural performance and politics.

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Malcolm James
    Pages 1-23

  3. The Multicultural Past

    • Malcolm James
    Pages 24-48

  4. Territory

    • Malcolm James
    Pages 49-74

  5. Cultural Performances

    • Malcolm James
    Pages 75-94

  6. Circuitries of Urban Culture

    • Malcolm James
    Pages 95-112

  7. Negative Politics

    • Malcolm James
    Pages 113-131

  8. The Multicultural Future

    • Malcolm James
    Pages 132-155

  9. Conclusions and Political Endnotes

    • Malcolm James
    Pages 156-168

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 169-202
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Reviews

“The book considers memory, territory and cultural practice, thinking through how the politics of class and race, alongside the lived experience of young people in the area, are being reconfigured by technology. … The book demonstrates the importance of ethnographic research, both to how we understand and do politics, and to how we understand the contemporary city. It will be of interested to any scholar of urban studies, as well as those working on youth, race and class.” (Dave O’Brien, New Books network, newbooksnetwork.com, May, 2016)

'In this important book, Malcolm James offers us a richly drawn account of contemporary youth identities and cultures in superdiverse urban spaces. Based on three years ethnography in East London, his provocative analysis places emergent youth expression and cultural politics in a broader context of historical marginality, social inequality and ethnic diversification. The book provides a compelling portrait of the fusions and fissures of contemporary urban multicultures and political agency amongst a group most often overlooked, both by the academy and wider society. James' work is a compassionate and powerful exploration of these hidden lives.'-Claire Alexander, University of Manchester, UK

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Sussex, UK

    Malcolm James

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Malcolm James is a Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex, UK and Associate Director of the Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies, UK. He is co-editor of New Racial Landscapes and also works with local partners in outer East London on youth engagement and civil rights.

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