Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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Making Race: Biology and the Evolution of the Race Concept in 20 Century American Thought

2012-04-23

Making Race: Biology and the Evolution of the Race Concept in 20 Century American Thought Columbia University December 2008 309 pages Michael Yudell Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy under the Executive Committee of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences At the dawn of the 21st…
Obama as Anti-American: Visual Folklore in Right-Wing Forwarded E-mails and Construction of Conservative Social Identity

2012-04-23

Obama as Anti-American: Visual Folklore in Right-Wing Forwarded E-mails and Construction of Conservative Social Identity Journal of American Folklore Volume 125, Number 496, Spring 2012 pages 177-203 DOI: 10.1353/jaf.2012.0018 Margaret Duffy, Associate Professor of Journalism University of Missouri Janis Teruggi Page George Washington University Rachel Young Missouri School of Journalism This paper investigates the group-building…
The ‘Other’ from within: Afro-Germans as Scapegoats for the post-WWII German Society

2012-04-23

The ‘Other’ from within: Afro-Germans as Scapegoats for the post-WWII German Society Postgraduate History Conference: Creating the ‘Other’ Department of History, University of Essex 2011-09-20 Antje Friedrich Department of English Literature University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany The theme of the graduate conference this year was ‘Creating the ‘Other’’ throughout history. We were very pleased to…
‘Mutts like Me’: Multiracial Students’ Perceptions of Barack Obama

2012-04-22

‘Mutts like Me’: Multiracial Students’ Perceptions of Barack Obama Qualitative Sociology Volume 35, Number 2 (2012) pages 183-200 DOI: 10.1007/s11133-012-9226-4 Michael P. Jeffries, Assistant Professor of American Studies Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts Existent sociological studies of multiracialism in the United States focus on identity construction, the cultural and legislative battle over multiracial categorization, and the…
Role of identity integration on the relationship between perceived racial discrimination and psychological adjustment of multiracial people

2012-04-22

Role of identity integration on the relationship between perceived racial discrimination and psychological adjustment of multiracial people Journal of Counseling Psychology Volume 59, Number 2 (April 2012) pages 240-250 Kelly F. Jackson, Assistant Professor of Social Work Arizona State University, Phoenix Hyung Chol (Brandon) Yoo, Assistant Professor of Asian Pacific American Studies Arizona State University,…
Imagining Jefferson and Hemings in Paris

2012-04-22

Imagining Jefferson and Hemings in Paris TransAtlantica: American Studies Journal 1 | 2011 : Senses of the South / Référendums populaires 10 pages, 20 paragraphs Suzanne W. Jones, Professor of English University of Richmond In Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics, cultural critic bell hooks argues that “no one seems to know how to tell…
In many ways, Obama’s story provides a possible model for black descended multiracial people in that racial acceptance and success depends on an identity that is closely tied to blackness…

2012-04-22

In many ways, Obama’s story provides a possible model for black descended multiracial people in that racial acceptance and success depends on an identity that is closely tied to blackness. In the larger sense, Obama reconciles the tensions between what G. Reginald Daniel has called “multigenerational multiracials,” that is to say, the category that most African Americans…
The first Africans to arrive in North America did not arrive as slaves and almost certainly did not conceive of themselves as “negros.”

2012-04-22

The first Africans to arrive in North America did not arrive as slaves and almost certainly did not conceive of themselves as “negros.” The word, appropriated from the Latin word for “black” was a descriptive device divorced from any cultural or historical context for these people. Over time, that descriptive device would become a social…
‘Too black or not black enough’: Social identity complexity in the political rhetoric of Barack Obama

2012-04-22

‘Too black or not black enough’: Social identity complexity in the political rhetoric of Barack Obama European Journal of Social Psychology Volume 42, Issue 5, August 2012 pages 564–577 DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1868 Martha Augoustinos, Professor of Psychology University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia Stephanie De Garis School of Psychology University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia The election of…
The Wedding: A Novel

2012-04-22

The Wedding: A Novel Anchor and imprint of Random House 1995 256 pages Paperback ISBN: ISBN: 978-0-385-47144-2 Dorothy West (1907-1998) In her first novel in forty-seven years, Dorothy West, the last surviving member of the Harlem Renaissance, offers an intimate glimpse into African American middle class. Set on bucolic Martha’s Vineyard in the 1950s, The…

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