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Record Nr.

UNINA9910159447803321

Autore

Mills Melinda

Titolo

The borders of race : patrolling "multiracial" identities / / by Melinda Mills

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colorado : , : FirstForumPress, , 2017

ISBN

1-62637-661-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 pages)

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Racially mixed people

Ethnicity

Multiculturalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The borders of race -- What is "multiracial"? -- Managing racial identities in public spaces -- Managing racial identities with family and friends -- Internalizing racial identities -- The changing geography and demography of race -- The shifting mixture of racial identities.

Sommario/riassunto

Who is "multiracial"? And who decides? Addressing these two fundamental questions, Melinda Mills builds on the work of Heather Dalmage to explore the phenomenon—and consequences—of racial border patrolling by strangers, family members, friends, and even multiracial people themselves.