Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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Category: Autobiography
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Synopsis: This topical short documentary features interviews with multiethnic and multiracial youth living in Catalonia, Spain, who talk about their mixed heritage and its meaning for them, their identity and sense of belonging, and their experiences of discrimination and agency. Through these narratives, MIXED VOICES reveals that the positive, empowering experiences of mixedness—a growing reality…
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For Nenda Neururer, the word ‘oachkatzlschwoaf’ invokes a range of emotions. The German word is very hard to pronounce and is synonymous with the Austrian state of Tyrol where locals tease outsiders by asking them to pronounce it.
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Nabil Ayers’ memoir reflects on family, identity and his journey to connect with a Black father who was ‘really just DNA’
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Bright: A Memoir, the first full-length essay collection from acclaimed poet Kiki Petrosino, is a work of lyric nonfiction, offering glimpses of a life lived between cultural worlds.
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Without Warning and Only Sometimes: Scenes from an Unpredictable Childhood Tinder Press (an imprint of Headline Publishing Group) 2022-08-18 304 pages 222 x 138 mm Hardback ISBN: 9781472284839 Kit de Waal From the award-winning author of My Name is Leon, The Trick to Time and Supporting Cast comes a childhood memoir set to become a…
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Book review: Marguerite Penrose writes about her experiences as a mixed-race girl growing up in Dublin
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A memoir about one man’s journey to connect with his musician father, ultimately redefining what family really means
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A Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings’ family explores America’s racial reckoning through the prism of her ancestors—both the enslaver and the enslaved.
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An assistant professor of literary theory and cultural history at Cornell University, Goffe teaches a course called Afro-Asia: Future and Feminisms, which explores African/Asian art and scholarship from Lahore to Chicago, New York City to Hong Kong, and examines it through the lens of race, gender, sexuality, and resistance.