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Month: December 2011

  • “Entirely Black Verse from Him Would Succeed”: Minstrel Realism and William Dean Howells

    “Entirely Black Verse from Him Would Succeed”: Minstrel Realism and William Dean Howells Nineteenth-Century Literature Volume 59, Number 4 (March 2005) pages 494-525 DOI: 10.1525/ncl.2005.59.4.494 Gene Jarrett, Associate Professor of English Boston University In the early months of 1896, James A. Herne returned to his hotel in Toledo, Ohio, the city where he was directing…

  • The making of a middlerace: the social politics surrounding Black-White interracial marriages and Black White biracial identity

    The making of a middlerace: the social politics surrounding Black-White interracial marriages and Black White biracial identity Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois May 2008 253 pages Yoftahe K. Manna Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in Communication Studies In an attempt to uncover the social politics…

  • Three Sad Races: Racial Identity and National Consciousness in Brazilian Literature

    An innovative interpretation of the development of Brazilian literature from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Originally published in 1983, “Three Sad Races” is a study of how Brazilian literature deals with the nation’s racial diversity themes and gives vent to the general disquietude concerning this.

  • Carothers McCaslin’s Progeny Tracing the Theme of Redemption Chronologically Through the Multiracial McCaslins

    Carothers McCaslin’s Progeny Tracing the Theme of Redemption Chronologically Through the Multiracial McCaslins Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects 1999 Paper 211 pages 38-50 Christine Reiss Western Kentucky University William Faulkner’s Go Down, Moses (1942) is a novel that depicts the complicated family history of the McCaslins. There are primarily three branches of the family: the…

  • The role of the media in influencing social perceptions of racial relations in Brazil

    The role of the media in influencing social perceptions of racial relations in Brazil Wayne State University 2006 126 pages Publication Number: AAT 3243076 ISBN: 9780542982705 Gildasio Mendes Dos Santos Based on the tenets of Social Identity Theory (SIT), Self-Categorization Theory (SDT), Cross-Group Relations (CGR) and Inter-Group Contact (IGC), this study examined how media programs…

  • International Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Mixedness and Mixing

    International Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Mixedness and Mixing develops theoretical perspectives and presents intellectually shaped empirical evidence that can deal with complexity and normalcy in order to move the debate onto more fruitful grounds. It is an important book for students and scholars of race and ethnicity.

  • He speaks in your voice: American.

    He speaks in your voice: American. arts & sciences Boston College Fall 2009 Tricia Brick Gene Andrew Jarrett began his 2006 book Deans and Truants with a deceptively simple question: What is African American literature? The term, after all, refers not merely to the subject matter of the works it describes but to literature that…

  • Being Brown (episode 22)

    Being Brown (episode 22) Hapa Happy Hour: A lively discussion and celebration of the mixed heritage experience. 2011-07-22 The ladies discuss standards of beauty and “white” privilege. Download the episode (00:22:28) here.

  • TV Review: Mixed Race Britain – Mixed Britannia

    TV Review: Mixed Race Britain – Mixed Britannia BioNews Number 630 (2011-10-24) Anoushka Shepherd Mixed Race Britain: Mixed Britannia, BBC2, 6-20 October 2011, Presented by George Alagiah I am mixed race, and thereby a member the fastest growing ethnic minority in the UK. My British dad met my Sri Lankan mum while travelling in the…

  • Book review: What’s the use of race? Modern governance and the biology of difference

    Book review: What’s the use of race? Modern governance and the biology of difference BioNews Number 634 (2011-11-21) Dr. Rachael Panizzo Decoding the human genome has revealed details of our evolution and patterns of migration across the world. The study of genetic diversity between ethnic groups can help explain the ways in which race influences…