Category: United States

  • Nobody’s Son: Notes from an American Life University of Arizona Press 1998 188 pages 5.0 x 8.0 Paper ISBN: 978-0-8165-2270-5 Luis Alberto Urrea Here’s a story about a family that comes from Tijuana and settles into the ‘hood, hoping for the American Dream. …I’m not saying it’s our story. I’m not saying it isn’t. It…

  • Feminist Readings of Native American Literature: Coming to Voice University of Arizona Press 1998 181 pages 6.0 x 9.0 Paper ISBN: 978-0-8165-1633-9 Kathleen M. Donovan, Professor and Department Head of English South Dakota State University, Brookings Who in a society can speak, and under what circumstances? These questions are at the heart of both Native…

  • Among Native American writers of mixed-blood heritage, few have expressed their concerns with personal identity with as much passion as Wendy Rose. A mainstay among American Indian poets whose work addresses these issues, she is a writer with whom readers of diverse ethnic backgrounds have consistently identified.

  • Collecting and tabulating race/ethnicity data with diverse and mixed heritage populations: A case-study with US high school students Ethnic and Racial Studies September 2003 Vol. 26 No. 5 pp. 931–961 Alejandra M. Lopez-Torkos, Social Scientist SRI International The increasing diversity of the US coupled with the continuing need for information gathered about race/ethnicity require us…

  • Mixed-Race School-Age Children: A Summary of Census 2000 Data Educational Researcher Volume 32, Number 6 (2003) pages 25-37 DOI: 10.3102/0013189X032006025 Alejandra M. Lopez-Torkos, Social Scientist SRI International On the 2000 Census, people were allowed to identify themselves and their children by more than one race. This article examines these data to document the mixed-race population…

  • Living Proof: Is Hawaii the Answer? The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Volume 530, Number 1 (November 1993) pages 137-154 DOI: 10.1177/0002716293530001010 Glen Grant Dennis M. Ogawa, Professor and Department Chair of American Studies University of Hawaii Hawaii has often been heralded for its relatively harmonious race relations, which encompass…

  • Dislocating the Color Line: Identity, Hybridity, and Singularity in African-American Narrative Stanford University Press 1997 280 pages Cloth ISBN-10: 0804727740; ISBN-13: 9780804727747 Paper ISBN-10: 0804727759; ISBN-13: 9780804727754 Samira Kawash, Associate Professor Women’s and Gender Studies Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Inquiries into the meaning and force of race in American culture have largely…

  • Individuals versus Group? The Moral Conundrum of Blurred Racial Boundaries Chapter for publication in Social Science and Ethics, ed. Kristen Monroe. Book manuscript being prepared for review. 2008-08-26 Jennifer L. Hochschild, Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government and Professor of African and African American Studies Harvard University A classic moral conundrum, especially though not uniquely…

  • Rooted in Gloria Anzaldúa’s experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the groundbreaking essays and poems in this volume profoundly challenge how we think about identity.

  • Race Law Stories Foundation Press 2008 624 pages ISBN-13: 9781599410012 Edited by Rachel F. Moran, Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law University of California, Los Angeles Devon Wayne Carbado, Professor of Law University of California, Los Angeles Race Law Stories brings to life well-known and not-so-well known legal opinions—hidden gems—that address slavery, Native American…