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  • Redeeming the “Character of the Creoles”: Whiteness, Gender and Creolization in Pre-Revolutionary Saint Domingue

    Redeeming the “Character of the Creoles”: Whiteness, Gender and Creolization in Pre-Revolutionary Saint Domingue Journal of Historical Sociology Volume 23, Issue 1 (March 2010) pages 40–72 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6443.2009.01359.x Yvonne Fabella, Lecturer of History University of Pennsylvania This article examines the political significance of white creolization in pre-revolutionary French Saint Domingue. Eighteenth-century Europeans tended to view…

  • 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…

  • Scratching the surface: Artist Laylah Ali explores the social dynamics that lie beyond appearances

    Scratching the surface: Artist Laylah Ali explores the social dynamics that lie beyond appearances Boston Globe 2008-08-29 Cate McQuaid, Globe Correspondent WILLIAMSTOWN – Laylah Ali doesn’t let many people into her studio. “It’s a private space,” the artist says, welcoming a visitor. “It’s like being in my brain. I’m inviting you into my private brain…

  • 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…

  • Mixedness and The Arts

    Mixedness and The Arts Runnymede Thinkpiece Runnymede Trust July 2010 18 pages ISBN: 978-1-906732-63-9 (online) EAN: 9781906732639 (online) ISBN: 978-1-906732-64-6 (print) EAN: 9781906732646 (print) Chamion Caballero, Senior Research Fellow Families & Social Capital Research Group London South Bank University This think piece explores the presentation of mixed-race identity in the sphere of arts and culture…

  • VIS409 Mixed Race Women’s Memoirs

    VIS409 Mixed Race Women’s Memoirs Antioch University, Midwest Winter 2010 This course is designed as a multidisciplinary exploration of race, gender, and identity utilizing oral and written narratives of Black-white mixed race women from the mid-nineteenth century to the present as source material. Drawing from elements of cultural studies, African American studies, American studies, and…

  • 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…

  • What Are You? Voices of Mixed-Race Young People

    What Are You? Voices of Mixed-Race Young People Henry Holt and Company and imprint of MacMillan June 1999 288 pages 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8050-5968-7, ISBN10: 0-8050-5968-7 Pearl Fuyo Gaskins Awards: American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults; IRA Notable Books for a Global Society; Books for the Teen Age,…

  • 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…