Day: August 13, 2012

  • From deracialization to racial distinction: interpreting Obama’s successful racial narrative Social Semiotics Volume 23, Issue 1 (2013) pages 119-145 DOI: 10.1080/10350330.2012.707039 Charlton McIlwain, Associate Professor of Media, Culture and Communication New York University While many scholars attribute Barack Obama’s success in the 2008 presidential election to his so-called deracialized campaign strategy, I argue that Obama…

  • Mixed-Race and Modernity in Colonial India: Changing Concepts of Hybridity Across Empires Routledge 2012-02-29 208 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-415-50429-4 Adrian Carton Centre for Cultural Research University of Western Sydney, Australia This book traces changing concepts of mixed-race identity in early colonial India by contrasting Portuguese, British and French colonial spaces. Starting in the sixteenth century,…

  • The Meeting Place: Māori and Pākehā Encounters, 1642–1840 Aukland University Press May/June 2012 320 pages 228 x 148 mm Paperback ISBN: 978 1 86940 594 6 Vincent O’Malley, Research Director HistoryWorks Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand How did Māori and Pākehā negotiate a meeting place? Would Māori observe the Sabbath? Should Pākehā fear the power of…