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  • The Obamas and a (Post) Racial America?

    The Obamas and a (Post) Racial America? Oxford University Press January 2011 336 pages 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 Hardback ISBN13: 9780199735204; ISBN10: 0199735204 Edited by Gregory Parks, Assistant Professor of Law Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina Matthew Hughey, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut The United States has taken a long and winding…

  • Brown Eyes: A Selection of Creative Expressions by Black and Mixed Race Women

    Brown Eyes: A Selection of Creative Expressions by Black and Mixed Race Women Troubador Publishing 2006 292 pages 5 x 0.6 x 8 inches ISBN 10: 1905237146; ISBN-13: 978-1905237142 Edited by: Nicole Moore Brown Eyes is a rare collection of poetry and autobiographical writing from a diverse group of black and mixed-race women—everyday women expressing…

  • Brazil’s New Racial Politics

    Brazil’s New Racial Politics Lynne Rienner Publishers 2009 251 pages ISBN: 978-1-58826-666-8 Edited by: Bernd Reiter, Associate Professor of Political Science University of South Florida Gladys L. Mitchell (Gladys Mitchell-Walthour), Assistant Professor of Political Science Denison University, Granville, Ohio As the popular myth of racial equality in Brazil crumbles beneath the weight of current grassroots…

  • Race and Identity in Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father: A Collection of Critical Essays

    This book examines significant aspects of President Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father both in relation to the African American literary tradition and to the context of the relevant historical and cultural productions that inform it.

  • Pictures and Progress: Early Photography and the Making of African American Identity

    Pictures and Progress: Early Photography and the Making of African American Identity Duke University Press 2012 400 pages 71 photographs Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8223-5085-9 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8223-5067-5 Edited by: Maurice O. Wallace, Associate Professor of English and African & African American Studies Duke University Shawn Michelle Smith, Associate Professor of Visual and Critical Studies School of…

  • Obama and Race: History, Culture, Politics

    Obama and Race: History, Culture, Politics Routledge 2011-11-10 200 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-415-68678-5 Edited by Richard H. King, Professor Emeritus of American and Canadian Studies University of Nottingham In this collection, academics from both sides of the Atlantic analyze the confluence of a politician, a process, and a problem—Barack Obama, the 2008 US presidential election,…

  • American Creoles: The Francophone Caribbean and the American South

    American Creoles: The Francophone Caribbean and the American South Liverpool University Press May 2012 256 pages 234 x 156 mm Hardback ISBN: 9781846317538 Edited by: Celia Britton, Professor of French and Francophone Studies University College London Martin Munro, Professor of French and Francophone Studies Florida State University The Francophone Caribbean and the American South are…

  • Race, Ethnicity, and Nation: Perspectives from Kinship and Genetics

    Drawing on data from assisted reproduction, transnational adoption, mixed race families, Basque identity politics and post-Soviet nation-building, this volume provides new and challenging ways to understand race, ethnicity and nation.

  • Race and the Genetic Revolution: Science, Myth, and Culture

    Race and the Genetic Revolution: Science, Myth, and Culture Columbia University Press September 2011 304 pages 1 illus; 4 tables Paper ISBN: 978-0-231-15697-4 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-231-15696-7 Edited by: Sheldon Krimsky, Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning; Adjunct Professor of Public Health and Family Medicine Tufts School of Medicine Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts Kathleen…

  • Loving vs. Virginia in a Post-Racial World: Rethinking Race, Sex, and Marriage

    In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional in Loving vs. Virginia. Although this case promotes marital freedom and racial equality, there are still significant legal and social barriers to the free formation of intimate relationships.