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Record Nr.

UNINA9910170991203321

Titolo

Souls looking back : life stories of growing up Black / / Andrew Garrod. [and others], eds ; foreword by James P. Comer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-135-96335-5

1-135-96336-3

0-203-90375-7

1-280-40732-8

9786610407323

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GarrodAndrew <1937->

Disciplina

305.235

Soggetti

African American youth - Race identity

African American youth

African American youth - Social conditions

Racially mixed children - Race identity

Racially mixed children

Racially mixed children - Social conditions

Electronic books.

United States Race relations Case studies

Canada Race relations Case studies

West Indies Race relations Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-289) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Forward; Preface; Introduction; Class and Race in Negotiating Identity; Born with a Veil; What Is Black Enough?; Living between the Lines; I Reconcile the Irreconcilable; The Social Constructions of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture; The Intersections of Identity; Color-blind; Walking a Thin Line; Becoming Myself; Becoming Comfortable in My Skin; Caught between Two Cultures; Lost in the Middle; Resilience and Resistance; Gotta Keep Climin' All de Time; Finding Zion; Feeling the Pressure to Succeed; Running Hurdles; Reflections on My Survival; Quest for Peace



ReferencesAbout the Contributors, Editors, and Foreword Writer; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of sixteen autobiographical essays by Africans in America, Afro-Caribbean and bi-racial college students, which explore the process of self-discovery and realization of cultural identity.