Category: Anthropology

  • Session 408: Haafu, mixed race studies and multicultural questions in Japan AAS-ICAS Joint Conference Association for Asian Studes (AAS)/International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) 2011-03-31 through 2011-04-03 Hawai’i Convention Center Honolulu, Hawaii Session Location and Time: Room 316C Saturday, 2011-04-02, 07:30-09:30 HAST (Local Time) Organizer and Chair: Koichi Iwabuchi Waseda University, Japan Discussant: Hsiao-Chuan Hsia…

  • Freedom on the Border: The Seminole Maroons in Florida, the Indian Territory, Coahuila, and Texas Texas Tech University Press 2003 256 pages 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches Paper ISBN-10: 0896725162, ISBN-13: 978-0896725164 Kevin Mulroy, Associate University Librarian University of California, Los Angeles In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, black runaways braved an…

  • Griqua Identity: A Bibliography 2010 47 pages Allegra Louw, Librarian African Studies Library University of Cape Town Introduction Most scholars acknowledge that the origins of the Griqua people are rooted in the complex relationships between autochthonous KhoeSan, slaves, Africans and European settlers. Coupled with the intricacies that underpin the issue of Griqua identity—and often as…

  • The Anti-Miscegenation History of the American Southwest, 1837 To 1970: Transforming Racial Ideology into Law Cultural Dynamics Volume 20, Number 3 (November 2008) pages 279-318 DOI: 10.1177/0921374008096312 Martha Menchaca, Professor of Anthropology University of Texas at Austin This article proposes that a historical analysis of court cases and state statutes can be used to illustrate…

  • White By Definition: Social Classification in Creole Louisiana Rutgers University Press May 1986 325 pages Paper ISBN: 978-0-8135-2088-9 Virginia Dominguez, Professor of Anthropology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Part I: The Legal Domain 2. Defining the Racial Structure 3. The Properties of Blood…

  • Cosmopolitan or mongrel? Créolité, hybridity and ‘douglarisation’ in Trinidad European Journal of Cultural Studies Volume 2, Number 3 (September 1999) pages 331-353 DOI: 10.1177/136754949900200303 Eve Stoddard, Dana Professor of Global Studies St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York Grant H. Cornwell, President College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio The article examines a Trinidadian calypso and its reception…

  • Estelusti Marginality: A Qualitative Examination of the Black Seminole The Journal of Pan African Studies Volume 2, Number 4 (June 2008) pages 60-80 Ray Von Robertson, Assistant Professor of Sociology Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas Approximately four years ago, I began collecting interview data with Black Seminoles/Estelusti in Oklahoma. My research focused on how the Black…

  • 2011 Southern Arizona Asian American & Pacific Islander Conference “Reach, Inspire, Connect”   Pima Community College – West Campus 2202 West Anklam Road Tucson, Arizona 85709 Saturday, 2011-03-19 from 08:00 to 14:00 MDT (Local Time) Conference Program… 09:00-09:50 –  Session “A” Workshop 4:  Mixed Race – A popular 2009 workshop returning this year.  The presenter…

  • Red/Black: Related Through History Eitejorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art White River State Park 500 West Washington Street Indianapolis, Indiana 2011-02-12 through 2011-08-07 Explore the interwoven histories of African Americans and Native Americans with Red/Black: Related Through History. This groundbreaking exhibition is the result of a partnership between the Eiteljorg Museum and the…