Category: Books

  • Go-Betweens and the Colonization of Brazil: 1500-1600 University of Texas Press 2005 6 x 9 in. 391 pp., 20 figures, 11 maps, 2 tables ISBN: 978-0-292-71276-8 Alida C. Metcalf, Harris Masterson, Jr. Professor of History Rice University, Houston, Texas Doña Marina (La Malinche) …Pocahontas …Sacagawea—their names live on in historical memory because these women bridged…

  • Peter Wade provides a pioneering overview of the growing literature on race and sex in the region, covering historical aspects and contemporary debates. He includes both black and indigenous people in the frame, as well as mixed and white people, avoiding the implication that “race” means “black-white” relations.

  • White Identities: A Critical Sociological Approach Pluto Press 2009-11-06 240 pages Size: 215mm x 135mm ISBN: 9780745327488 Steve Garner, Lecturer in Sociology Aston University Simon Clarke, Director Centre for Psycho-Social Studies University of the West of England The study of white ethnicities is becoming increasingly important in the social sciences. This book provides a critical…

  • Black Through a Distortion Pedal San Fransisco Bay Press 2010-01-01 Eric Wilkinson Black Through a Distortion Pedal is a poetry compilation about indulgence in and resistance to a racialized world from the perspective of a white youth who found his voice in hip-hop. Wilkinson explores the genesis of multiple selves in an era of increasingly…

  • “Secret Daughter” tells her story of survival. It traces June’s astonishing discoveries about her mother and about her own fierce determination to thrive.

  • “Obama’s People”: A New Identity for Biracials and Mixed Heritage Xlibris Press 2009 102 Pages ISBN: 1-4363-9510-0 (Trade Paperback 6×9 ) ISBN13: 978-1-4363-9510-6 (Trade Paperback 6×9 ) ISBN: 1-4363-9511-9 (Trade Hardback 6×9 ) ISBN13: 978-1-4363-9511-3 (Trade Hardback 6×9 ) Phillip MacFarland Since President Barack Obama is from a biracial heritage and is now the leader…

  • American Identities: California Short Stories of Multiple Ancestries Xlibris Press 2008 263 Pages ISBN: 1-4363-7705-6 (Trade Paperback 6×9) ISBN13: 978-1-4363-7705-8 (Trade Paperback 6×9) Eliud Martínez, Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing and Comparative Literature University of California, Riverside In many parts of the country, especially in California, when one passes by a school or strolls across…

  • Mixed Blood Indians: Racial Construction in the Early South University of Georgia Press 2005-03-28 60 pages Illustrated, Trim size: 5.5 x 8.25 ISBN: 978-0-8203-2731-0 Theda Perdue, Atlanta Distinguished Term Professor of Southern Culture University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill On the southern frontier in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, European men—including traders, soldiers, and…

  • The idea that human races exist is a socially constructed myth that has no grounding in science. Regardless of skin, hair, or eye color, stature or physiognomy, we are all of one species. Nonetheless, scientists, social scientists, and pseudo-scientists have, for three centuries, tried vainly to prove that distinctive and separate “races” of humanity exist.

  • Mestizaje Upside-Down: Aesthetic Politics in Modern Bolivia University of Pittsburgh Press May 2004 240 pages 6 x 9 ISBN: 9780822942276 Javier C. Sanjinés, Associate Professor of Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies University of Michigan Mestizaje refers to the process of cultural, ethnic, and racial mixture that is part of cultural identity in Latin America.…