American Mixed Race The Culture of Microdiversity

, by Zack, Naomi; Alcoff, Linda; Barrath, Debra A.; Clancy, Jennifer; Clements, Susan; Davis, F James; Ferber, Abby L.; Fernandez, Carlos A.; Giles, Freda Scott; Goldberg, David Theo; Graham, Susan R.; Hershel. M. Annette Jaimes, Helena Jia; Lawrence, Cecile A

Write a Review

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

ISBN: 9780847680122 | 0847680126
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/28/1995

Sorry, this item is currently not available.

This exciting multidisciplinary collection brings together twenty-two original essays by scholars on the cutting edge of racial theory, who address both the American concept of race and the specific problems experienced by those who do not fit neatly into the boxes society requires them to check.

Please wait while the item is added to your bag...

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
Five Arrows	p. 3
Color Fades over Time	p. 13
Racelessness	p. 25
Check the Box That Best Describes You	p. 39
What Are They?	p. 53
From Melodrama to the Movies: the Tragic Mulatto as a Type Character	p. 63
The Theater of Identity: (multi-)race and Representation of Eurasians and Afroasians	p. 79
The Go-Between People: Representations of Mixed Race in Twentieth-Century American Literature	p. 97
The Hawaiian Alternative to the One-Drop Rule	p. 115
Some Kind of Indian: on Race, Eugenics, and Mixed-Bloods	p. 133
Exploring the Social Construction of Race: Sociology and the Study of Interracial Relationships	p. 155
Therapeutic Perspectives on Biracial Identity Formation and Internalized Oppression	p. 169
Grassroots Advocacy	p. 185
Testimony of the Association of Multiethnic Americans before the Subcommittee on Census, Statistics, and Postal Personnel of the U.S. House of Representatives	p. 191
Multiracial Identity Assertion in the Sociopolitical Context of Primary Education	p. 211
Yankee Imperialism and Imperialist Nostalgia: a View from the Inside	p. 221
The Multiracial Contribution to the Psychological Browning of America	p. 231
Made in the Usa: Racial Mixing 'N Matching	p. 237
Mestizo Identity	p. 257
Race and Racism: Marginalization within the Margins	p. 279
Ethnic Transgressions: Confessions of an Assimilated Jew	p. 287
Life after Race	p. 297
Notes	p. 309
Select Bibliography	p. 351
Index	p. 367
About the Contributors	p. 375
Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

American Mixed Race The Culture of Microdiversity

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials