Everyday Multiculturalism

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: Multiculturalism and Everyday Life....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Everyday Multiculturalism: Transversal Crossings and Working Class Cosmopolitans....Pages 21-45
Everyday Cosmopolitanism and the Labour of Intercultural Community....Pages 46-65
Practices of Difference: Analysing Multiculturalism in Everyday Life....Pages 66-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Kopitiam: Discursive Cosmopolitan Spaces and National Identity in Malaysian Culture and Media....Pages 87-104
Eating at the Borders: Culinary Journeys....Pages 105-121
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Brief Encounters of an Unpredictable Kind: Everyday Multiculturalism in Two London Street Markets....Pages 125-139
Street-level Cosmopolitanism: Neighbourhood Shopping Streets in Multi-ethnic Montréal....Pages 140-157
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
The Colour of Muscle: Multiculturalism at a Brooklyn Bodybuilding Gym....Pages 161-176
Fishing the Georges River: Cultural Diversity and Urban Environments....Pages 177-196
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
‘Rubbing Along with the Neighbours’ — Everyday Interactions in a Diverse Neighbourhood in the North of England....Pages 199-215
Volunteering, Social Networks, Contact Zones and Rubbish: The Case of the ‘Korean Volunteer Team’....Pages 216-234
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
We Both Eat Rice, But That’s About It: Korean and Latino Relations in Multi-ethnic Los Angeles....Pages 237-254
Everyday Racism in Singapore....Pages 255-273
Back Matter....Pages 274-282