Month: November 2009

  • Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples (Second Edition) University of Illinois Press 1993 Paper: 978-0-252-06321-3 352 pages Jack D. Forbes, Professor Emeritus. Native American Studies and Anthropology University of California, Davis This volume will revise the way we look at the modern populations of Latin America and…

  • Black Europe and the African Diaspora University of Illinois Press 2009 368 pages 6 x 9 in.  15 black & white photographs, 1 map Cloth: ISBN 978-0-252-03467-1 Paper: ISBN 978-0-252-07657-2 Edited by Darlene Clark Hine, Board of Trustees Professor of African American Studies Northwestern University Trica Danielle Keaton, Associate Professor of African American and Diaspora…

  • On Being Amorphous: Autoethnography, Genealogy, and a Multiracial Identity Qualitative Inquiry Volume 9, Number 1 (2003) pages 20-48 DOI: 10.1177/1077800402239338 Sarah N. Gatson, Associate Professor of Sociology Texas A&M University The article is a sociologically informed approach to understanding the author’s own place and identity. Questions of personal identity serve to highlight larger insights about…

  • A New Multicultural Population: Creating Effective Partnerships With Multiracial Families Intervention in School and Clinic Published: 2009-11-01 Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 124-131 DOI: 10.1177/1053451209340217 Monica R. Brown, Assistant Professor (mobrown@nmsu.edu) Department of Special Education/Communication Disorders New Mexico State University Multiracial families make up the fastest growing demographic in the United States.  Approximately 9% of…

  • Hapa Girl: A Memoir Temple University Press March 2007 232 pages 5.5×8.25, 12 halftones Paper EAN: 978-1-59213-616-2 (ISBN: 1592136168) Cloth EAN: 978-1-59213-615-5 (ISBN: 159213615X May-lee Chai Named one of the Notable Books in the Kiriyama Prize, 2008 Honorable Mention at the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards, 2007 A vivid depiction of the racism suffered by…

  • Mixed Ancestry Racial/Ethnic Identity Development (MAREID) Model Wellesley Centers for Women 2003 Peony Fhagen-Smith, Assistant Professor of Psychology Wheaton College, Norton Massachusetts To date no theoretical work on racial/ethnic identity development adequately provides a framework for explaining current empirical findings concerning racial/ethnic identification among mixed ancestry youth. This paper reviews current research on the mixed…

  • Examining Mixed-Ancestry Identity in Adolescents Wellesley Centers for Women Research & Action Report Fall/Winter 2008 Two years ago, scholars at the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) launched a study of racial and ethnic identification among adolescents of mixed ancestry. The reasons for pursuing the research were several. Most literature about ethnic/racial self-identification patterns derived from…

  • Complexities in Researching Mixed Ancestry Adolescents: A Preliminary Study Wellesley Centers for Women 2004 Michelle Porche Peony Fhagen-Smith, Assistant Professor of Psychology Wheaton College, Norton Massachusetts Jo H. Kim Heidie A. Vázquez García Allison J. Tracy Sumru Erkut Contemporary events, such as the change in the 2000 U.S. Census, highlight the need for a better…

  • New Perspectives on Racial Identity Development: A Theoretical and Practical Anthology New York University Press Paperback 2001 296 pages Paperback ISBN: 9780814793435 Edited by Charmaine Wijeyesinghe Bailey W. Jackson, Associate Professor of Education University of Massachusetts, Amherst Decades have passed since our original theories of racial identity development were formed, bringing with them changes in…

  • Rise and Fall of the Cosmic Race: The Cult of Mestizaje in Latin America University of Texas Press 2004 6 x 9 in. 216 pp., 3 b&w illus. ISBN: 978-0-292-70596-8 Marilyn Grace Miller, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Tulane University, New Orleans Latin America is characterized by a uniquely rich history of cultural and…