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Day: April 1, 2013

  • 383a. Nation, Race and Gender in Latin America and the Caribbean – Senior Seminar

    383a. Nation, Race and Gender in Latin America and the Caribbean – Senior Seminar Vassar College Poughkeepsie, New York 2013/2014 Light Carruyo, Associate Professor of Sociology   (Same as Sociology 383) With a focus on Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean this course traces and analyzes the ways in which the project of nation building…

  • 305. The Social Construction of Race in the U.S.

    305. The Social Construction of Race in the U.S. Vassar College Poughkeepsie, New York Diane Harriford, Professor of Sociology This course examines the social construction of race in the United States from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present. The focus is on the changing racial meanings and identities of specific socio-historical groups…

  • Not Another Remix: How Obama Became the First Hip-Hop President

    Not Another Remix: How Obama Became the First Hip-Hop President Journal of Popular Music Studies Volume 22, Issue 4, December 2010 pages 389–415 DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-1598.2010.01252.x Travis L. Gosa, Assistant Professor of Social Science at Cornell University Cornell University January 20, 2009 marked the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama as the first African-American president of the United…

  • ‘Visible & Invisible’ Exhibition to Explore History of Hapa JA Experience

    ‘Visible & Invisible’ Exhibition to Explore History of Hapa JA Experience The Rafu Shimpo: Los Angeles Japanese Daily News 2013-03-31 The Japanese American National Museum, in collaboration with the USC Hapa Japan Database Project, will present its next exhibition, “Visible & Invisible: A Hapa Japanese American History,” from Sunday, April 7, through Sunday, Aug. 25.…

  • Poverty at a Racial Crossroads: Poverty Among Multiracial Children of Single Mothers

    Poverty at a Racial Crossroads: Poverty Among Multiracial Children of Single Mothers Journal of Marriage and Family Volume 75, Issue 2, April 2013 pages 486-502 DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12012 Jenifer L. Bratter, Associate Professor of Sociology Rice University Sarah Damaske, Assistant Professor of Labor Studies & Employment Relations Pennsylvania State University Although multiracial youth represent a growing…

  • Kodiak Kreol: Communities of Empire in Early Russian America [Patricia Cleary Review]

    Kodiak Kreol: Communities of Empire in Early Russian America [Patricia Cleary Review] William and Mary Quarterly Third Series, Volume 69, Number 3, July 2012 pages 665-667 DOI: 10.5309/willmaryquar.69.3.0665 Kodiak Kreol: Communities of Empire in Early Russian America. By Gwenn A. Miller. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2010. 242 pages. Patricia Cleary, Professor of History California…