| Autore |
Brown Ursula M
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| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2001
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (165 p.)
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| Disciplina |
305.8/00973
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| Soggetto topico |
Racially mixed people - United States
Ethnicity - United States
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| ISBN |
0-313-00033-6
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- THE INTERRACIAL EXPERIENCE -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Three Interracial People -- THE YEAR 2000 -- MATTHEW: TOWARD A BLACK IDENTITY -- SIDNEY: TRYING TO FIT IN -- CLAUDETTE: OUT OF THE CLOSET -- A CLOSER LOOK AT THREE LIVES -- RACIAL IDENTITY IN PERSPECTIVE -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 2 An Orientation of the Study -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: MULATTOS DURING SLAVERY AND BEYOND -- Society at Large -- Mental Health Community -- WHO IS THE RESEARCHER? WHO ARE THE PEOPLE TO BE STUDIED AND WHAT ARE THE METHODS? -- Researcher -- Methodology -- Limitation of Study -- CHAPTER 3 Racism -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COLOR -- IMPACT OF RACISM ON BLACKS -- RACISM AGAINST INTERRACIAL PEOPLE -- THE NATURE OF RACISM -- CHAPTER 4 Racial Identity, Conflict, and Self-esteem -- RACIAL IDENTITY -- Identity Variations -- Public versus Private Identities -- Primary and Secondary Identities -- Identity Fluctuations -- CONFLICT -- Resolution of the Identity Question -- SELF-ESTEEM -- TREATMENT OF RACIAL IDENTITY ISSUES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY -- CHAPTER 5 When the Clothes Don't Fit -- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS -- PASSING AS WHITE-OR AS BLACK -- GENDER -- NOTE -- CHAPTER 6 The Family -- MARRIAGE OUTSIDE THE COLOR LINE -- FAMILY STRUCTURE -- GETTING TOGETHER -- Acceptance -- EXPOSURE TO CULTURE -- RACIAL LABELING -- NOTE -- CHAPTER 7 Places to Live and Learn -- COMMUNITIES -- White Community: Out of Place -- Black Community: Being Too White -- The Racially Integrated Community: Acceptance -- SCHOOLS -- White Schools -- Black Schools -- Racially Integrated Schools -- COLLEGE -- EXPOSURE TO CULTURE -- WORKING -- CHAPTER 8 Love and Color -- SOCIAL EMBEDDEDNESS -- ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE DYNAMICS OF CROSS-RACIAL ATTRACTION -- INTERRACIAL PEOPLE IN THE PURSUIT OF LOVE -- White Partners -- Black Partners -- CHAPTER 9 Being Well -- RESILIENCE.
PROVIDING A HEALTHY FAMILY ENVIRONMENT -- MENTAL HEALTH -- SOCIETY -- APPENDIX A Demographic Characteristics of the Study Participants and Their Parents -- APPENDIX B Pathdiagram of Multivaried Relationships of Racial Identity, Conflict, and Self-esteem -- APPENDIX C National Interracial Support/Advocacy Groups -- ARKANSAS -- CALIFORNIA -- COLORADO -- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA -- FLORIDA -- GEORGIA -- ILLINOIS -- KENTUCKY -- MARYLAND -- MASSACHUSETTS -- MICHIGAN -- MISSOURI -- NEW JERSEY -- NEW YORK -- OHIO -- OREGON -- PENNSYLVANIA -- TEXAS -- VERMONT -- WASHINGTON -- References -- Index -- About the Author.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828594303321 |
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The interracial experience [[electronic resource] ] : growing up black/white racially mixed in the United States / / Ursual M. Brown
