Mixed Race Studies

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  • Rethinking ‘Mixed Race’

    Rethinking ‘Mixed Race’ Pluto Press an imprint of MacMillan May 2001 5.5 x 8.25 inches, 208 pages, 4 figures ISBN: 978-0-7453-1567-6 ISBN10: 0-7453-1567-4 Edited by David Parker, Lecturer and Faculty of Social Sciences School of Sociology and Social Policy University of Nottingham Miri Song, Professor of Sociology University of Kent One of the fastest growing…

  • Raising Eurasia: Race, Class, and Age in French and British Colonies

    Raising Eurasia: Race, Class, and Age in French and British Colonies Comparative Studies in Society and History Volume 51, Issue 2 (April 2009) pages 314-343 DOI: 10.1017/S0010417509000140 David M. Pomfret, Associate Professor The University of Hong Kong Sexual relationships between European men and indigenous women produced racially mixed offspring in all of Europe’s empires. Recent…

  • Racially Mixed People in America

    America has been the breeding ground of a “biracial baby boom” for the past 25 years. Unfortunately, there has been a dearth of information regarding how racially mixed people identify and view themselves and how they relate to one another. “Racially Mixed People in America” steadily bridges this gap and offers a comprehensive look at…

  • Shades of Difference: A History of Ethnicity in America: Perspectives on Multiracial America

    Shades of Difference: A History of Ethnicity in America: Perspectives on Multiracial America Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. June 2006 208 pages Cloth: 0-7425-4316-1 / 978-0-7425-4316-4 Paper 0-7425-4317-X / 978-0-7425-4317-1   Richard Rees, Assistant professor of American Literature Antioch College From its prehistory in the biological theories of racial difference formulated in the 1800s to…

  • Louisiana Creoles: Cultural Recovery and Mixed-Race Native American Identity

    Louisiana Creoles: Cultural Recovery and Mixed-Race Native American Identity Lexington Books an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers December 2006 Cloth: 0-7391-1896-X / 978-0-7391-1896-2 Paper: 0-7391-1897-8 / 978-0-7391-1897-9 Andrew J. Jolivétte, Associate Professor of American Indian Studies San Francisco State University Foreword by Paula Gunn Allen Louisiana Creoles examines the recent efforts of the Louisiana…

  • Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America (Second Edition)

    Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America (Second Edition) Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. December 2007 220 pages Cloth ISBN: 0-7425-6054-6 / 978-0-7425-6054-3 Paper ISBN: 0-7425-6055-4 / 978-0-7425-6055-0 By Kerry Ann Rockquemore and David L. Brunsma Foreword by Joe Feagin Beyond Black is a groundbreaking study of the dynamic meaning of racial identity for multiracial people…

  • Race and Mixed Race

    Race and Mixed Race Temple University Press October 1993 232 pages 6×9 paper: EAN: 978-1-56639-265-5, ISBN: 1-56639-265-9      Naomi Zack, Professor of Philosophy University of Oregon In the first philosophical challenge to accepted racial classifications in the United States, Naomi Zack uses philosophical methods to criticize their logic. Tracing social and historical problems related to…

  • Mixed Messages: Multiracial Identities in the “Color-Blind” Era

    Mixed Messages: Multiracial Identities in the “Color-Blind” Era Lynne Rienner Publishers 2006 405 pages Hardcover: ISBN: 978-1-58826-372-8 Paperback: ISBN: 978-1-58826-398-8 Edited by David L. Brunsma, Professor of Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University The experiences and voices of multiracial individuals are challenging current categories of race, profoundly altering the meaning of racial identity and…

  • America Beyond Black and White: How Immigrants and Fusions Are Helping Us Overcome the Racial Divide

    America Beyond Black and White: How Immigrants and Fusions Are Helping Us Overcome the Racial Divide University of Michigan Press 2007 296 oages 6 x 9. 296 pgs. 1 table Cloth: 978-0-472-11609-6 Paper: 978-0-472-03320-1 Ebook Formats: 978-0-472-02175-8 Ronald Fernandez, Professor of Sociology Criminal Justice Department Central Connecticut State University For the first time in U.S.…

  • The Social Construction of Race: Biracial Identity and Vulnerability to Stereotypes

    The Social Construction of Race: Biracial Identity and Vulnerability to Stereotypes Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology Volume 13, Number 2 (April 2007) pages 125–133 DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.13.2.125 Margaret Shih, Assistant Professor, Organizational Psychology University of Michigan Courtney M. Bonam Stanford University Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Psychology Rutgers University Courtney Peck Harvard University Multiracial…