Category: United States

  • The Melungeon Identity Movement and the Construction of Appalachian Whiteness Journal of Linguistic Anthropology Volume 11, Issue 1 (June 2001) pages 131-146 DOI: 10.1525/jlin.2001.11.1.131 Anita Puckett, Associate Professor of Appalachian Studies Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University How this binary system is discursively constituted depends upon the ways in which elements of a repertoire interconnect…

  • Ethnic Studies 064: Mixed Race Descent in the Americas Mills College, Oakland, California Fall 2010 Melinda Micco, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies This is an introductory course that examines the historical and theoretical development of identities and of communities of multiracial and multiethnic people. In the academy, in government, and in popular culture, the lives…

  • Artist Ellen Gallagher humbled by new honor The Providence Journal 2010-02-21 Bill Van Siclen, Journal Arts Writer The first time her work appeared in a Whitney Biennial, the every-other-year exhibit that aims to take the pulse of contemporary art, Ellen Gallagher was just one of many up-and-coming artists vying for attention. That was back in…

  • Scratching the surface: Artist Laylah Ali explores the social dynamics that lie beyond appearances Boston Globe 2008-08-29 Cate McQuaid, Globe Correspondent WILLIAMSTOWN – Laylah Ali doesn’t let many people into her studio. “It’s a private space,” the artist says, welcoming a visitor. “It’s like being in my brain. I’m inviting you into my private brain…

  • Multiethnic Multiracial Experience (Ethnic Studies 199) University of Oregon Winter 2010 Anselmo Villanueva, Ph.D. This course will focus on the multiracial multiethnic experience in the United States, with particular emphasis on the Northwest. This course will provide students with a framework to understand this experience. The course will cover the history and background of the…

  • VIS409 Mixed Race Women’s Memoirs Antioch University, Midwest Winter 2010 This course is designed as a multidisciplinary exploration of race, gender, and identity utilizing oral and written narratives of Black-white mixed race women from the mid-nineteenth century to the present as source material. Drawing from elements of cultural studies, African American studies, American studies, and…

  • Bruno Mars in Ascension New York Times 2010-10-05 Jon Caramanica When history books address the pop seismology of the early 21st century, a chapter will have to be set aside for a discussion of the Sheraton Waikiki in the late 1980s. That’s where Bruno Mars, then just a few years old, performed as part of…

  • What Are You? Voices of Mixed-Race Young People Henry Holt and Company and imprint of MacMillan June 1999 288 pages 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8050-5968-7, ISBN10: 0-8050-5968-7 Pearl Fuyo Gaskins Awards: American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults; IRA Notable Books for a Global Society; Books for the Teen Age,…

  • Curriculum corner The Daily of The University of Washington 2010-10-01 Laurel Christensen Despite talk of budget cuts, swelling classes and disappearing instructors, the UW is offering more than 50 new courses this quarter. These are a few unique courses now available to students… …Intergenerational Roots: A Mixed Heritage Family Oral History Project Offered through the…

  • Perceptions of Multiracial Individuals: Categorization Effects on the Race Continuum Society for Personality and Social Psychology 2011 Annual Meeting San Antonio, Texas Poster Session G100 Saturday, 2011-01-29 18:15-19:45 (Local Time), Room TBD Jacqueline M. Chen University of California, Santa Barbara David L. Hamilton, Professor of Psychology University of California, Santa Barbara We used a psychophysical…