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  • Naming the Subject: Recovering “Euro-Asian” History

    Naming the Subject: Recovering “Euro-Asian” History Journal of Women’s History Volume 22, Number 4, Winter 2010 pages 257-262 E-ISSN: 1527-2036, Print ISSN: 1042-7961 Emma J. Teng, T.T. and Wei Fong Chao Professor of Asian Civilizations; Associate Professor of Chinese Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology The historic election of Barack Obama as America’s first biracial president…

  • Being Eurasian: Memories across Racial Divides by Vicky Lee [Book Review]

    Being Eurasian: Memories across Racial Divides by Vicky Lee [Book Review] The Asian Review of Books 2004-12-29 John Walsh, Assistant Professor of Marketing and Communications School of Management, Shinawatra International University, Bangkok The creation of Empires inevitably entails contact between coloniser and colonised at many different levels. Owing to the prominence of men in empire…

  • Being Eurasian: Memories Across Racial Divides

    Being Eurasian: Memories Across Racial Divides University of Washington Press 2004 296 pages 6″ x 9″ Paperback (9789622096714) Hardcover (9789622096707) Vicky Lee Hong Kong Baptist University What was it like being a Eurasian in colonial Hong Kong? How is the notion of Eurasianness remembered in some Hong Kong memoirs? Being Eurasian is a description and…

  • Erasure of Euro-Asian: Recovering Early Radicalism and Feminism in South Asia

    Erasure of Euro-Asian: Recovering Early Radicalism and Feminism in South Asia Women Unlimited 2009 312 pages 8.6 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches ISBN-10: 8188965405; ISBN-13: 978-8188965403 Kumari Jayawardena, Emeritus Associate Professor University of Colombo This book, focuses on the interaction between Asia and Europe in the wake of Portuguese, Dutch, French and British imperialism. It…

  • Many Biracial Students Game Racial-Classification Systems, Study Suggests

    Many Biracial Students Game Racial-Classification Systems, Study Suggests The Chronicle of Higher Education 2010-12-14 Peter Schmidt A study of biracial people with black and white ancestry has found that many identify themselves solely as black when filling out college applications and financial-aid forms, raising new questions about the accuracy of educational statistics and research based…

  • Passing as Black: Racial Identity Work among Biracial Americans

    Passing as Black: Racial Identity Work among Biracial Americans Social Psychology Quarterly Volume 73, Number 4 (Published online 2010-12-13) pages 380-397 DOI: 10.1177/0190272510389014 Nikki Khanna, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Vermont Cathryn Johnson, Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies Emory University Drawing on interview data with black-white biracial adults, we examine the…

  • North of America: Racial hybridity and Canada’s (non)place in inter-American discourse

    North of America: Racial hybridity and Canada’s (non)place in inter-American discourse Comparative American Studies: An International Journal Volume 3, Number 1 (March 2005) pages 79-88 DOI: 10.1177/1477570005050951 Albert Braz, Associate Professor of English University of Alberta, Canada Canada is one of the largest countries in the Americas, indeed the world. Yet, for such a territorial…

  • Recasting The Half-Caste

    Recasting The Half-Caste Journal of Women’s History Volume 22, Number 4, Winter 2010 E-ISSN: 1527-2036 Print ISSN: 1042-7961 pages 263-267 Kumari Jayawardena In Sri Lanka, serious book reviews are not only few and far between, but authors also do not usually reply to reviews of their books. So while it was a real windfall to…

  • Reverse Passing? Kidding… Right?

    Reverse Passing? Kidding… Right? The Root 2010-12-14 Jenée Desmond-Harris A report that biracial people are denying their white parents seems absurd to me—but I’m paying attention anyway. Ever heard of Barack Obama? You know, the first black president? The one who won an election and near-deity status in the African-American community while openly discussing his…

  • Passing as Black: How Biracial Americans Choose Identity

    Passing as Black: How Biracial Americans Choose Identity Time Magazine: Healthland Friday, 2010-12-16 Meredith Melnick, Reporter and Producer The practice of passing—identifying with and presenting oneself as one race while denying ancestry of another—reached its peak during the Jim Crow era. Needless to say, the notion of having to “pass” as white is outdated and…