Category: United States

  • Assumed Identities: The Meanings of Race in the Atlantic World Texas A&M University Press 2010-07-12 168 pages 6 x 9, Illus. Cloth ISBN: 978-1-60344-192-6 Edited by: John D. Garrigus, Associate Professor of History University of Texas, Austin Christopher Morris, Associate Professor of History University of Texas, Austin With the recent election of the nation’s first…

  • Freedom Papers: An Atlantic Odyssey in the Age of Emancipation Harvard University Press February 2012 288 pages 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches 17 halftones, 1 line illustration, 1 map Hardcover ISBN 9780674047747 Rebecca J. Scott, Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Law University of Michigan Jean M. Hébrard, Historian and Visiting Professor…

  • The Multiracial Identity Movement: Countless Ways to Misunderstand Race MixedRaceStudies.org 2011-11-04 Steven F. Riley In Jen Chau’s essay, “Multiracial Families: Counted But Still Misunderstood,” in the October 31, 2011 issue of Racialiscious, reveals just how much race is misunderstood by some activists within the multiracial identity movement and exemplifies why the movement—in its current form—is…

  • Native, Aboriginal, Indigenous: Who Counts as Indian in Post Apartheid Virginia Mid-Atlantic Conference on the Scholarship of Diversity, Conference Proceedings Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia April 2004 17 pages Jay Hansford C. Vest, Associate Professor of American Indian Studies University of North Carolina, Pembroke In 1948, sociologist William Gilbert wrote: “Indian blood still remains noticeable in…

  • Outside the box: The multiracial/multiethnic student experience University of Colorado, Boulder Main Campus – University Memorial Center (UMC) 1669 Euclid Avenue Boulder, Colorado Room: 415 2011-11-08, 15:30-16:45 MST (Local Time) For the multiracial student, college is often a time of consolidating and exploring identity. Through a combination of research, personal stories, and facilitated discussion, this…

  • It is important, in any consideration of the American Negro, to understand the use of the term. The word “Negro” is, biologically, a misnomer, for the African Negroes, brought to the United States as slaves, have crossed in breeding with the dominant White population, as well as with the aboriginal American Indian types with whom…

  • Melville Jean Herskovits American Anthropologist Volume 66, Issue 1 (February 1964) pages 83-109 DOI: 10.1525/aa.1964.66.1.02a00080 Alan P. Merriam Melville Jean Herskovits (1895-1963) Melville Jean Herskovits was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, September 10, 1895, and spent his childhood there and in Texas. In 1920 he took his Ph.B. at the University of Chicago, and later came…

  • Reproducing Race: The Paradox of Generation Mix [Review: Glazier] Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries Volume 49, Number 2 (October 2011) Steven D. Glazier, Adjunct Professor of Anthropology University of Nebraska, Lincoln Spencer, Rainier. Reproducing Race: The Paradox of Generation Mix. L. Rienner, 2011. 355p bibl index afp ISBN 9781588267511. Spencer’s insightful analysis and critique…

  • School for Tricksters: A Novel in Stories Texas A&M University Press Consortium (Southern Methodist University Press) 2011-01-11 248 pages 6×9 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-87074-563-8 Chris Gavaler, Visiting Assistant Professor of English Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia This is a novel in stories depicting radical incidents of racial crossing in the early twentieth century. The alternating…

  • Crimes of Performance Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society Volume 13, Issue 1 (2011) Special Issue: Black Critiques of Capital: Radicalism, Resistance, and Visions of Social Justice pages 29-45 DOI: 10.1080/10999949.2011.551476 Uri McMillan, Assistant Professor of English University of California, Los Angeles In this article, I focus on the intersections between…