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2010/1 Module Catalogue
 Module Code: SOC3015 Module Title: SOCIOLOGY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY
Module Provider: Sociology Short Name: SOC326
Level: HE3 Module Co-ordinator: TYLER K Dr (Sociology)
Number of credits: 20 Number of ECTS credits: 10
 
Module Availability
Two semesters
Assessment Pattern

Components of Assessment
Method(s)
Percentage Weighting
Essays
2 x 2000 word essays
40%
Examination
1 x 3 hour examination
60%

Module Overview
This module introduces students to the contemporary debates in the sociology of race, ethnicity and racism. Historical material, social theories and cross-cultural ethnographic studies will be used to illustrate the social construction of race and ethnicity and the reproduction of racial power in western societies.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
None
Module Aims
Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students should:

  • Critically understand sociological approaches to the study of race, ethnicity, racism, migration, post-colonialism and identity formation
  • Will understand the way in which race, ethnicity and racism interacts with other social divisions and inequalities
  • Be familiar with empirical studies of race and ethnicity and be able to connect them with the major theoretical issues in this field
  • Will develop a critical awareness of multicultural and anti-racist values.
Module Content

The module will draw upon a wide range of theoretical and empirical studies covering: 

  • The historical formation of race, ethnicity and racism - from nineteenth century science of race to the so-called ‘new’ cultural racism;
  • Theoretical perspectives – cultural studies, post-colonial theory, black and white feminist epistemologies, racism as discourse, structure and process;
  • Race, ethnicity and the state – nationalism, citizenship, refugees and asylum seekers;
  • The migration process – class, gender and religion;
  • Cultural politics: Rastafarianism, the new Asian dance music and other contemporary musical forms;
  • Cultural identities - white ethnicity, inter-racial identities and trans-national adoption;
  • Race and politics - Europe and far right politics, anti-racism;
  • Race, spaces and boundaries - the rural, the urban;
  • Race, nature and culture - the ‘new’ genetic technologies
Methods of Teaching/Learning
Lectures and seminars

Selected Texts/Journals

Anthias, F. and Yuval-Davis, N. (1993) Racialised Boundaries: Race, Nation, Gender, Colour and Class and the Anti-racist struggle, Routledge. 

Back, L. and Solomos, J. (2000) Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader, Routledge. 

Bulmer, M. and Solomos, J. (eds) (1999) Racism, Oxford University Press. 

Donald, J. and Rattansi, A. (1992) ‘Race’, Culture and Difference, Sage. 

Frankenberg, R. (eds) (1997) Displacing Whiteness: Essays in Social and Cultural Criticism, Duke University Press. 

Gilroy , P. (1987) There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack, Routledge.
 
Miles, R. (1989) Racism, Routledge 

Said, E. W. (1995) Orientalism, Penguin.

Last Updated
15th August 2006