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Titolo: | New faces in a changing America [[electronic resource] ;] : multiracial identity in the 21st century / / [edited by] Loretta I. Winters, Herman L. DeBose |
Pubblicazione: | Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxi, 407 p.) : ill |
Disciplina: | 305.804073 |
Soggetto topico: | Racially mixed people - Race identity - United States |
Racially mixed people - United States - Social conditions | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Race relations History |
United States Ethnic relations | |
United States Social conditions 1980-2020 | |
Altri autori: | WintersLoretta I DeBoseHerman L |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Introduction; Part I: RACE AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; 1 - Five Mixed-Race Identities: From Relic to Revolution; 2 - The New Multiracialism: An Affirmation of or an End to Race as We Know It?; Part II: THE MULTIRACIAL MOVEMENT; 3 - New Faces, Old Faces: Counting the Multiracial Population Past and Present; 4 - Multiracial Identity: From Personal Problem to Public Issue; 5 - From Civil Rights to the Multiracial Movement; 6 - Census 2000: Assessments in Significance; 7 - Evolution of Multiracial Organizations: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going |
PART III: RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUPS IN AMERICA AND BEYOND8 - The Dilemma of Biracial People of African American Descent; 9 - Check All That Apply: Trends and Prospectives Among Asian-Descent Multiracials; 10 - Beyond Mestizaje: The Future of Race in America; 11 - Colonization, Cultural Imperialism, and the Social Construction of American Indian Mixed-Blood Identity; 12 - "Race," "Ethnicity," and "Culture" in Hawai'i: The Myth of the "Model Minority" State; 13 - Multiracial Identity in Global Perspective: The United States, Brazil, and South Africa; PART IV: RACE, GENDER, AND HIERARCHY | |
14 - Does Multiraciality Lighten?: Me-Too Ethnicity and the Whiteness Trap15 - The Hazards of Visibility: "Biracial" Women, Media Images, and Narratives of Identity; 16 - Masculine Multiracial Comedians; PART V: SPECIAL TOPICS; 17 - Gang Affiliation and Self-Esteem: The Effects of a Mixed-Heritage Identity; 18 - Black/White Interracial Couples and the Beliefs That Help Them to Bridge the Racial Divide; Epilogue: The Multiracial Movement; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors | |
Sommario/riassunto: | How multiracial people identify themselves can have a big impact on their positions in family, community & society. This volume examines the multiracial experience in the US. |
Titolo autorizzato: | New faces in a changing America |
ISBN: | 1-4522-3384-5 |
1-4522-6722-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910779228503321 |
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