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Bird Stephanie Rose <1960-> |
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Light, bright, and damned near white [[electronic resource] ] : biracial and triracial culture in America / / Stephanie Rose Bird |
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Westport, CT, : Praeger, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-40962-X |
9786612409622 |
0-313-06544-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (166 p.) |
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Collana |
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Race and ethnicity in psychology, , 1543-2203 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethnicity |
Ethnopsychology |
Black people - Race identity |
White people - Race identity |
Race awareness |
Race relations |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; 1 Premixed-Premeasured: Populace of the New World; 2 Too Light to Be Black, Too Dark to Be White: Who Is Passing for What?; 3 Tan Territory: Separating Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy; 4 Some of America's Best-Known Triracial Groups; 5 Bricolage: Constructed Identities of Les Gens de Couleur Libre and Cane River Negroes; 6 From Italian Explorers to Sicilian Contandini and Biracial Royals: The Mixed-Race Experience as Illustrated by the Italian Diaspora; 7 Black, White, and Red All Over American History: Coming Together yet Remaining Apart |
8 The Stolen Generations: When Things Really Go Wrong9 Profiles of Triumph and Courage; 10 The State of the Mixed Union: What's Happening in the Government, on Campus, on the Internet, and in the News; 11 A Tool Box for Change: News to Use; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The election of America's first biracial president brings the question |
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dramatically to the fore. What does it mean to be biracial or tri-racial in the United States today? Anthropologist Stephanie Bird takes us into a world where people are struggling to be heard, recognized, and celebrated for the racial diversity one would think is the epitome of America's melting pot persona. But being biracial or tri-racial brings unique challenges - challenges including prejudice, racism and, from within racial groups, colorism. Yet America is now experiencing a multiracial baby boom, with at least three |
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