Day: August 27, 2012

  • Cultural versus Social Marginality: The Anglo-Indian Case Phylon (1960-) Volume 28, Number 4 (4th Quarter, 1967) pages 361-375 Noel P. Gist Human history has been replete with examples of peoples destined to exist on the margin of two or more cultures. One of these marginal peoples is the Anglo-Indian community in India. This community, whose…

  • A British Ireland, or the limits of race and hybridity in Maria Edgeworth’s novels Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 2009-09-21 73 pages Kimberly Philomen Clarke A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Georgetown University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in…

  • The Russian Creoles of Alaska as a Marginal Group Social Forces Volume 22, Number 2 (December 1943) pages 204-208 Margaret Mary Wood Russell Sage College The interest in Alaska which has been aroused by its strategic importance in the present world-war conflict is bringing to the fore as worthy of attention many problems of this…

  • Beautiful stereotypes: the relationship between physical attractiveness and mixed race identity Identities: Global Studies in Power and Culture Volume 19, Number 1, 2012-01-01 pages 61-80 DOI: 10.1080/1070289X.2012.672838 Jennifer Patrice Sims The idea that mixed race individuals are physically attractive is a commonly accepted stereotype. Past research in which whites (Australians and British) and Asians (Japanese)…

  • Caribbean Fashion Week: Remodeling Beauty in “Out of Many One” Jamaica Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture Volume 14, Number 3, September 2010 pages 387-404 DOI: 10.2752/175174110X12712411520377 Carolyn Cooper, Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica The elitist Jamaican motto, “Out of Many, One People,“ privileges…