Category: Social Science

  • Multiracial Identity and the U.S. Census ProQuest Discovery Guides January 2010 Tyrone Nagai, Supervising Editor of Social Sciences ProQuest Introduction: What is Multiracial Identity?   Back on April 23, 1997, 21-year-old golfer Tiger Woods made headlines on the Oprah Winfrey Show when he described his racial background as “Cablinasian,” an abbreviation representing his “Caucasian,” “Black,”…

  • Images of Latin American mestizaje and the politics of comparison Bulletin of Latin American Research Volume 23, Number 3 (2004) pp. 355–366 DOI: 10.1111/j.0261-3050.2004.00113.x Peter Wade, Professor of Social Anthropology University of Manchester In a presidential address to the Organization of American Historians, Gary Nash (1995) reveals ‘the hidden history of mestizo America’ (by which…

  • Rethinking Mestizaje: Ideology and Lived Experience Journal of Latin American Studies 2005 Number 37, Issue 2 Pages 239–257 DOI: 10.1017/S0022216X05008990 Peter Wade, Professor of Social Anthropology University of Manchester The ideology of mestizaje (mixture) in Latin America has frequently been seen as involving a process of national homogenisation and of hiding a reality of racist…

  • Peter Wade provides a pioneering overview of the growing literature on race and sex in the region, covering historical aspects and contemporary debates. He includes both black and indigenous people in the frame, as well as mixed and white people, avoiding the implication that “race” means “black-white” relations.

  • White Identities: A Critical Sociological Approach Pluto Press 2009-11-06 240 pages Size: 215mm x 135mm ISBN: 9780745327488 Steve Garner, Lecturer in Sociology Aston University Simon Clarke, Director Centre for Psycho-Social Studies University of the West of England The study of white ethnicities is becoming increasingly important in the social sciences. This book provides a critical…

  • Options: Racial/Ethnic Identification of Children of Intermarried Couples Social Science Quarterly (September 2004) Volume 85, Issue 3 Pages 746 – 766 DOI: 10.1111/j.0038-4941.2004.00243.x Zhenchao Qian, Professor of Sociology Ohio State University Objective. Whites of various European ethnic backgrounds usually have weak ethnic attachment and have options to identify their ethnic identity (Waters, 1990). What about children…

  • Multiracial Self-Identification and Adolescent Outcomes: A Social Psychological Approach to the Marginal Man Theory Social Forces Volume 88, Number 1 (September 2009) ISSN: 1534-7605 Print ISSN: 0037-7732 DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0243 Simon Cheng, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut Kathryn J. Lively, Associate Professor, Sociology Dartmouth College Recent public health research has consistently reported that self-identified multiracial adolescents…

  • Secret Agent Insiders to Whiteness: Mixed Race Women Negotiating Structure and Agency University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2007 325 pages Silvia Cristina Bettez, Assistant Professor Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations University of North Carolina, Greensboro A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial…

  • Racially Socializing Biracial Youth: A Cultural Ecological Study of Parental Influences on Racial Identity 2009 Alethea Rollins University of North Carolina, Greensboro Advisor: Andrea G. Hunter, Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies University of North Carolina, Greensboro A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of The Graduate School at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro…