Britain’s ‘brown babies’ : The stories of children born to black GIs and white women in the Second World War / / Lucy Bland
| Britain’s ‘brown babies’ : The stories of children born to black GIs and white women in the Second World War / / Lucy Bland |
| Autore | Bland Lucy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , [2019] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 271 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 306.846 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social history
Multiracial children Oral history Social history - 20th century Multiracial children - Great Britain World War, 1939-1945 - Black people |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Oral histories. |
| ISBN |
1-5261-3327-X
1-5261-5405-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 British women meet black GIs -- 2 Keeping the ‘brown babies’ -- 3 ‘Brown babies’ relinquished -- 4 Adoption, fostering and attempts to send the babies to the US -- 5 Secrets and lies -- 6 After the war and beyond -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910973870403321 |
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| Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , [2019] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Souls looking back : life stories of growing up Black / / Andrew Garrod ... [et al.], eds ; foreword by James P. Comer
| Souls looking back : life stories of growing up Black / / Andrew Garrod ... [et al.], eds ; foreword by James P. Comer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (325 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.235 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GarrodAndrew <1937-> |
| Soggetto topico |
African American youth - Race identity
African American youth African American youth - Social conditions Multiracial children - Race identity Multiracial children Multiracial children - Social conditions |
| ISBN |
1-135-96335-5
1-135-96336-3 0-203-90375-7 1-280-40732-8 9786610407323 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910170991203321 |
| New York, : Routledge, 1999 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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