Everyday Multiculturalism

This book explores everyday lived experiences of multiculturalism in the contemporary world. Drawing on place-based case studies, contributions focus on encounters and interactions across cultural difference in super-diverse cities to explore what it means to inhabit multiculturalism in our everyday lives.

Introduction: The Study of Everyday Multiculturalism; A. Wise & S. Velayutham PART I: NEIGHBOURHOODS Everyday Multiculturalism: Transversal Crossings and Working Class Cosmopolitans; A. Wise Everyday Cosmopolitanism and the Labour of Intercultural Community; G. Noble Practices of Difference: Analysing Multiculturalism in Everyday Life; G. Semi, E. Colombo, I. Camozzi & A. Frisina PART II: FOOD Kopitiam: Discursive Cosmopolitan Spaces and National Identity in Malaysian Culture and Media; G. Cheng Khoo Eating at the Borders: Culinary Journeys; J. Duruz PART III: SHOPPING Brief Encounters of an Unpredictable Kind: Everyday Multiculturalism in Two London Street Markets; S. Watson Street-level Cosmopolitanism: Neighbourhood Shopping Streets in Multiethnic Montréal; M. Radice PART IV: LEISURE The Colour of Muscle: Multiculturalism at a Brooklyn Bodybuilding Gym; J. Sherman Fishing the Georges River: Cultural Diversity and Urban Environments; H. Goodall, S. Wearing, D. Byrne & A. Cadzow PART V: EVERYDAY SOLIDARITIES, EVERYDAY POLITICS 'Rubbing along with the neighbours' - Everyday Interactions in a Diverse Neighbourhood in the North of England; M. Hudson, J. Phillips & K. Ray Volunteering, Social Networks, Contact Zones and Rubbish: The Case of the 'Korean Volunteer Team'; F. Leo Collins PART VI: EVERYDAY TENSIONS We Both Eat Rice, But That's About It: Korean and Latino Relations in Multi-ethnic Los Angeles; C. Han Everyday Racism in Singapore; S. Velayutham