Tag: Routledge

  • Mixed racial and ethnic identities are topics of increasing interest around the world, yet studies of mixed race in Asia are rare, despite its particular salience for Asian societies.

  • The Irish came to America in the eighteenth century, fleeing a homeland under foreign occupation and a caste system that regarded them as the lowest form of humanity. In the new country – a land of opportunity – they found a very different form of social hierarchy, one that was based on the color of…

  • Racially mixed children make up the fastest growing youth demographic in the U.S., and teachers of diverse populations need to be mindful in selecting literature that their students can identify with. This volume explores how books for elementary school students depict and reflect multiracial experiences through text and images. Chaudhri examines contemporary children’s literature to…

  • Mixed Race Identities in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands Routledge 2016-12-20 246 pages Hardback ISBN: 9781138677708 Edited by: Farida Fozdar, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology University of Western Australia Kirsten McGavin, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Anthropology) School of Social Science University of Queensland This volume offers a “southern,” Pacific Ocean perspective on the…

  • This book illuminates the racialized nature of twenty-first century Western popular culture by exploring how discourses of race circulate in the Fantasy genre.

  • Mixed-Race Youth and Schooling: The Fifth Minority Routledge 2016-02-26 256 pages 10 B/W Illus. Hardback ISBN: 978-1-13-802191-4 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-13-802193-8 Sandra Winn Tutwiler, Professor of Education Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas This timely, in-depth examination of the educational experiences and needs of mixed-race children (“the fifth minority”) focuses on the four contexts that primarily influence learning…

  • This book critically examines Obama’s presidency and legacy, especially in regard to race, inequality, education, and political power.

  • Barack Obama’s “improbable quest” has become a fact of American life and a benchmark in American history. Striving now toward “a more perfect union,” Obama and the nation confront obstacles unforeseen at the outset of the 2008 electoral campaign. John K. Wilson tracks the sweep of this progress from the beginning of Obama’s political career…

  • On Obama Routledge 2015-11-04 134 pages Paperback ISBN: 9780415525473 Hardback ISBN: 9780415525466 Paul C. Talyor, Associate Professor of Philosophy and African American Studies Pennsylvania State University On Obama examines some of the key philosophical questions that accompany the historic emergence of the 44th US president. The purpose of this book is to take seriously the…

  • This pioneering volume draws together theoretical and empirical contributions analyzing the experiences of white mothers in interracial families in Britain, Canada and the USA.