On Being Different: Diversity and Multiculturalism in the North American Mainstream

Understanding of cultural diversity is essential to a healthy multicultural society. Fundamental to this book’s approach is the belief that a comparative cross-cultural view of human differences and similarities enhances understanding of diversity and multiculturalism within contemporary North America. On Being Different provides an up-to-date comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of diversity and multiculturalism in the United States and Canada. Conrad Kottak and Kathryn Kozaitis clarify essential issues themes and topics in the study of diversity including ethnicity religion gender and sexual orientation. The book also presents an original theory of multiculturalism showing how human agency and culture work to organize and change society.