The Dynamics of Emerging Ethnicities

Ethnicity is the subject of this collection of studies. The first question is whether or not, in an era criss-crossed with processes of transnational migrations, increasingly common migration-linked ethnicities differ essentially from traditional indigenous ones. Secondly, at a time when secularisation is a key feature of the globalisation and upscaling that have become paradigms for efficient future management, to what extent are countermovements generally sparked off, sustained and advanced by religious (and to a lesser extent linguistic) emblems and structures. These questions are dealt with by means of a series of field studies among mediterranean immigrants, chinese and christian turkish refugees. The findings are compared with indigenous ethnogenesis in Transsylvania and in Spain, focussing on past christian-muslim relations and confrontations in these areas.

Contents: Johan Leman: Introduction - Johan Leman: Mediterranean Immigrant Ethnicities - Wen-Chin Chang: The Kuomintang Yunnanese Chinese of Northern Thailand - Kathleen Ghequière: Ethnicity, Language and Religion of the Suryoye - Greet Van de Vyver: Ethnicity and Historicity in Transsylvania - Christiane Stallaert: 'Biological' Christianity and Ethnicity: Spain's Construct from Past Centuries - Johan Leman: Indigenous and Immigrant Ethnicities: Differences and Similarities.