Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Jackie Kay’s Representation of ‘The Broons’: Scotland’s Happy Family eSharp Special Issue: Spinning Scotland: Exploring Literary and Cultural Perspectives (2009) pages 109-143 ISSN: 1742-4542 Mª del Coral Calvo Maturana Universidad de Granada This paper focuses on the contemporary Scottish poet Jackie Kay and the comic strip ‘The Broons’ by studying Jackie Kay’s representation of this…
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The Poet as Cultural Dentist: Ethnicity in the Poetry of Jackie Kay Theory and Practice in English Studies 4 (2005) Proceedings from the Eighth Conference of British, American and Canadian Studies. Brno: Masarykova Univerzita pages 63-67 Pavlína Hácová, Philosophical Faculty Palacky University, Olomouc The acclaimed British poet Jackie Kay (born 1961) belongs to the colourful…
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Jackie Kay (Review of Darling) Aesthetica Magazine Issue 19 (2007-10-01) page 10 Rachel Hazelwood Jackie Kay is one of the most prolific and insightful poets currently writing in the UK today. At a time when too many people frequently describe the form as being “in decline” and thought of as an “exclusive club”, Kay writes…
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Hollins University Commencement 2010-05-22 through 2010-05-23 Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia Natasha Trethewey, winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in poetry and a graduate of Hollins University’s master of arts program in English and creative writing, will be the guest speaker at Hollins’ 168th Commencement Exercises, which will be held on Sunday, May 23, 2010, at…
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Biracial Asian Americans and Mental Health University of California, Davis News and Information 2008-08-10 A new study of Chinese-Caucasian, Filipino-Caucasian, Japanese-Caucasian and Vietnamese-Caucasian individuals concludes that biracial Asian Americans are twice as likely as monoracial Asian Americans to be diagnosed with a psychological disorder. The study by researchers at the Asian American Center on Disparities…
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ENGL S-88 Study Abroad in Venice, Italy: Interracial Literature (32137) Harvard Summer Program in Venice, Italy: Liberal arts studies in Italy’s city of canals 2010-06-03 through 2010-07-30 Mondays, Wednesdays, 10:00-12:30 CEST (Local Time) (4 credits: UN, GR) Limited enrollment Werner Sollors, Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English and African-American Studies Harvard University…
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“Black Skin, Black Masks: Hybridity, Dialogism, Performativity” offers a timely exploration of Black identity and its negotiation. The book draws on empirical work recording everyday conversations between Black women: friends, peers and family members.