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  • In the Shadow of Her Ancestry: The New Tragic Mulatta

    In the Shadow of Her Ancestry: The New Tragic Mulatta North Carolina State University, Raleigh 2004 60 pages Vonda Marie Easterling A thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of North Carolina State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts This thesis examines the plight of the infamous tragic…

  • The Politics of Multiracialism with Dr. Ralina Joseph

    The Politics of Multiracialism with Dr. Ralina Joseph Voxunion 2010-03-23 Jared A. Ball, Host and Associate Professor of Communication Studies Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland Ralina L. Joseph, Associate Professor of Communications University of Washington The struggles surrounding the politics of identity seem at new heights these days and to help bring some historical context…

  • The “inter” land: Mixing autobiography and sociology for a better understanding of twenty-first century mixed-race

    The “inter” land: Mixing autobiography and sociology for a better understanding of twenty-first century mixed-race Villanova University October 2009 105 pages Publication Number: AAT 1462397 ISBN: 9781109073102 Felicia Maria Camacho A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of The Department of English Villanova University In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of…

  • Shades of gray: Black-white multiracialism in contemporary American literature

    Shades of gray: Black-white multiracialism in contemporary American literature York University (Canada) 2011 294 pages Publication Number: AAT NR71345 ISBN: 9780494713457 Molly Littlewood McKibbin A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies in English in partial fulfillment of the requirments for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy The American construction of whiteness and blackness…

  • Being Black and White

    Being Black and White The American Prospect 2001-09-09   E. J. Graff, Associate Director and Senior Researcher The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black By Gregory Howard Williams. Plume (1996), 285 pages, paperback The Color…

  • American Mixed-Race Literature: Cultural History, Precursors, Identities, and Forms of Expression

    American Mixed-Race Literature: Cultural History, Precursors, Identities, and Forms of Expression Purdue University 2004 116 pages Publication Number: AAT 3166693 ISBN: 9780542022999 Gino Michael Pellegrini, Adjust Assistant Professor of English Pierce College, Woodland Hills, California This dissertation focuses on recent instances of mixed race literature in American culture such as Danzy Senna’s novel Caucasia, Rebecca…

  • Multiracial Identity Week at Brown University

    Multiracial Identity Week at Brown University Multiracial Identity Week Brown Univeristy 2010-10-24 through 2010-10-31 Featured Event: Convocation with Rebecca Walker Rebecca Walker, one of Time magazine’s 50 most influential leaders of her generation, will give the opening address for the Third World Center’s Multiracial Identity Week. The author of three anthologies and two memoirs, including…

  • Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience

    With a roster of acclaimed fiction writers, Mixed shatters expectations of what it means to be multiracial.

  • The Politics of Biracialism [Issue]

    The Politics of Biracialism [Issue] The Black Scholar Journal of Black Studies and Research Fall 2009 (2009-09-22) Volume 39, No. 3/4 Guest Editors: Laura Chrisman, Professor of English University of Washington Habiba Ibrahim, Assistant Professor of English University of Washington Ralina Joseph, Assistant Professor of Communications University of Washington Why a biracial issue, and why now? As…

  • ‘Toubab La!’ Literary Representations of Mixed-Race Characters in the African Diaspora

    ‘Toubab La!’ Literary Representations of Mixed-Race Characters in the African Diaspora Cambridge Scholars Publishing July 2007 453 pages ISBN13: 9781847182319 ISBN: 1-84718-231-3 Ginette Curry, Professor of English Florida International University The book is an examination of mixed-race characters from writers in the United States, The French and British Caribbean islands (Martinique, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia and…