Tag: Lexington Books

  • Collective Identity, Oppression, and the Right to Self-Ascription Lexington Books May 2012 142 pages Size: 6 x 9 Hardback ISBN: 978-0-7391-7190-5 Paperback ISBN: 978-0-7391-9057-9 eBook ISBN: 978-0-7391-7191-2 Andrew J. Pierce, Lecturer Department of Philosophy Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut Collective Identity, Oppression, and the Right to Self-Ascription argues that groups have an irreducibly collective right…

  • “Traveling Texts and the Work of Afro-Japanese Cultural Production” analyzes the complex conversations taking place in texts of all sorts traveling between Africans, African Diasporas, and Japanese across disciplinary, geographic, racial, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural borders.

  • Beyond Blood Identities: Posthumanity in the Twenty-First Century Lexington Books: an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield October 2009 262 pages 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 Hardback ISBN: 978-0-7391-3842-7 Paperback ISBN: 978-0-7391-3843-4 eBook ISBN: 978-0-7391-3844-1 Jason D. Hill, Professor of Philosophy DePaul University Beyond Blood Identities uncovers the social psychology of those who hold strong blood…

  • “Brazilian Telenovelas and the Myth of Racial Democracy,” by Samantha Nogueira Joyce, examines what happens when a telenovela directly addresses matters of race and racism in contemporary Brazil.

  • Taking a social psychological approach, this book identifies influencing factors and several underlying processes shaping racial identity. Unlike previous studies which examine racial identity as if it was a one-dimensional concept, this book examines two dimensions of identity—a public dimension (how they identify themselves to others) and an internalized dimension (how they see themselves internally)—noting…

  • Beyond White Ethnicity: Developing a Sociological Understanding of Native American Identity Reclamation Lexington Books (an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield) October 2006 262 pages Cloth: 0-7391-1393-3 / 978-0-7391-1393-6 Paper: 0-7391-1394-1 / 978-0-7391-1394-3 Kathleen J. Fitzgerald, Professor of Sociology University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana Through qualitative analysis of individuals, Kathleen J. Fitzgerald studies the…

  • Is That Your Child? Mothers Talk about Rearing Biracial Children Lexington Books (an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield) October 2008 146 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-7391-2763-6 Paperback ISBN: 978-0-7391-2764-3 eBook ISBN: 978-0-7391-3208-1 By Marion Kilson and Florence Ladd “Is That Your Child?” is a question that countless mothers of biracial children encounter whether they are African…