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  • Matters of the Heart: A History of Interracial Marriage in New Zealand

    Matters of the Heart: A History of Interracial Marriage in New Zealand Auckland University Press July 2013 312 pages approx 240 x 170 mm, illustrations Paperback ISBN: 978-1-86940-731-5 Angela Wanhalla, Senior Lecturer in History University of Otago, New Zealand A history of the intimate relations between Māori and Pākehā, and the intersections of public policy…

  • The Race Talk: Multiracialism, White Hegemony, and Identity Politics

    The Race Talk: Multiracialism, White Hegemony, and Identity Politics Information Age Publishing 2012-10-25 144 pages Paperback ISBN: 978-1-61735-912-5 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-61735-913-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-61735-914-9 Pierre W. Orelus, Assistant Professor of Education New Mexico State University Drawing on critical race theory, this book critically examines race through a mosaic lens pointing out various issues directly connected…

  • Equivocal Subjects: Between Italy and Africa—Constructions of Racial and National Identity in the Italian Cinema

    A thorough study of the portrayal of race in Italian cinema, from the silent era to the present, illuminating issues in contemporary Italian society.

  • The New Southern-Latino Table: Recipes That Bring Together the Bold and Beloved Flavors of Latin America and the American South

    The New Southern-Latino Table: Recipes That Bring Together the Bold and Beloved Flavors of Latin America and the American South University of North Carolina Press September 2011 320 pages 7.625 x 8.375, 20 color illus., bibl., index Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8078-3494-7 Sandra A. Gutierrez In this splendid cookbook, bicultural cook Sandra Gutierrez blends ingredients, traditions, and…

  • Land of the Cosmic Race: Race Mixture, Racism, and Blackness in Mexico

    “Land of the Cosmic Race” is a richly-detailed ethnographic account of the powerful role that race and color play in organizing the lives and thoughts of ordinary Mexicans. It presents a previously untold story of how individuals in contemporary urban Mexico construct their identities, attitudes, and practices in the context of a dominant national belief…

  • Chick

    Chick Bloodaxe Books 2013-01-24 64 pages Paperback ISBN-10: 1852249609; ISBN-13: 978-1852249601 Hannah Lowe Hannah Lowe’s first book of poems takes you on a journey round her father, a Chinese-black Jamaican migrant who disappeared at night to play cards or dice in London’s old East End to support his family, an unstable and dangerous existence that…

  • Passing: A Strategy to Dissolve Identities and Revamp Differences

    This book takes its title from the homonymous novel by Nella Larsen who, during the Harlem Renaissance, posed the question of what it means to be black in a racist country.

  • Beyond Loving: Intimate Racework in Lesbian, Gay, and Straight Interracial Relationships

    Interviews with same-sex interracial couples–a topic on which there is very little research—allow Steinbugler to examine for the first time how everyday racial practices are shaped by sexuality and gender. Amy Steinbugler challenges the widespread assumption that interracial intimacy represents the ultimate erasure of racial differences.

  • Crossing B(l)ack: Mixed-Race Identity in Modern American Fiction and Culture

    The past two decades have seen a growing influx of biracial discourse in fiction, memoir, and theory, and since the 2008 election of Barack Obama to the presidency, debates over whether America has entered a “post-racial” phase have set the media abuzz. In this penetrating and provocative study, Sika A. Dagbovie-Mullins adds a new dimension…

  • Genetic Explanations: Sense and Nonsense

    Genetic Explanations: Sense and Nonsense Harvard University Press February 2013 384 pages 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches 2 graphs, 4 tables Hardcover ISBN: 9780674064461 Edited by Sheldon Krimsky, Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning in the School of Arts; Sciences and Adjunct Professor of Public Health & Community Medicine in the School of Medicine…