Mixed Race Studies

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  • “Race” and the Construction of Human Identity

    Race as a mechanism of social stratification and as a form of human identity is a recent concept in human history. Historical records show that neither the idea nor ideologies associated with race existed before the seventeenth century.

  • The Invisible Weight of Whiteness: The Racial Grammar of Everyday Life in Contemporary America (Lecture by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva)

    The Invisible Weight of Whiteness: The Racial Grammar of Everyday Life in Contemporary America (Lecture by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva) Fall 2010 Honors Colloquium: RACE University of Rhode Island Edwards Auditorium, URI Kingston Campus Tuesday, 2010-10-12, 19:00 ET (Local Time); (23:00Z) Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Professor of Sociology Duke University A series of public programs at the University of…

  • Race, Identity, and Medical Genomics in the Obama Age (Lecture by Duana Fullwiley)

    Race, Identity, and Medical Genomics in the Obama Age (Lecture by Duana Fullwiley) Fall 2010 Honors Colloquium: RACE University of Rhode Island Edwards Auditorium, URI Kingston Campus Tuesday, 2010-10-05, 19:00 ET (Local Time); (23:00Z) Duana Fullwiley, Assistant Professor of African and African American studies and of Medical Anthropology Harvard University A series of public programs…

  • “Girl, You Are Not Morena. We Are Negras!”: Questioning the Concept of “Race” in Southern Bahia, Brazil

    “Girl, You Are Not Morena. We Are Negras!”: Questioning the Concept of “Race” in Southern Bahia, Brazil Ethos Volume 35, Issue 3 (September 2007) pages 383-409 DOI: 10.1525/eth.2007.35.3.383 Michael D. Baran, Preceptor in Expository Writing Harvard University In 2003, teachers at the municipal high school in Belmonte, Brazil, began presenting students with a radically different…

  • Ethnic Studies 064: Mixed Race Descent in the Americas

    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…

  • Revolutionizing Romance: Interracial Couples in Contemporary Cuba

    Scholars have long heralded mestizaje, or race mixing, as the essence of the Cuban nation. “Revolutionizing Romance” is an account of the continuing significance of race in Cuba as it is experienced in interracial relationships. This ethnography tracks young couples as they move in a world fraught with shifting connections of class, race, and culture…

  • Difference and Belonging, Hopes and Fears: Parenting ‘mixed’ children and the implications for career development

    Difference and Belonging, Hopes and Fears: Parenting ‘mixed’ children and the implications for career development International Center for Guidence Studies (iCEGS) University of Derby Occasional Paper 2008 16 pages 3 charts; 1 table Rosalind Edwards, Professor in Social Policy and Director of the Families & Social Capital Research Group London South Bank University From the…

  • Hybrid Identities: Theoretical and Empirical Examinations

    Hybrid Identities: Theoretical and Empirical Examinations Brill Publishing 2008 412 pages Hardback ISBN-13: 978 90 04 17039 1; ISBN-10: 90 04 17039 1 Edited by Keri E. Iyall Smith, Assistant Professor of Sociology Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts Patricia Leavy, Associate Professor of Sociology Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts Combining theoretical and empirical pieces, this book explores…

  • We Are a People: Narrative and Multiplicity in Constructing Ethnic Identity

    We Are a People: Narrative and Multiplicity in Constructing Ethnic Identity Temple University Press January 2000 304 pages 7×10 5 tables 5 figures Paper EAN: 978-1-56639-723-0; ISBN: 1-56639-723-5 edited by Paul Spickard, Professor of History University of California, Santa Barbara and W. Jeffrey Burroughs, Dean of Math and Sciences and Professor of Psychology Brigham Young…

  • Perceptions of Multiracial Individuals: Categorization Effects on the Race Continuum

    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…