Tag: Ann Laura Stoler

  • The Mercurial Nature and Abiding Power of Race: A Transnational Family Story The American Historical Review Volume 108, Number 1 (February 2003) pages 84-118 Martha Hodes, Professor of History New York University There are many ways to expose the mercurial nature of racial classification. Scholars of U.S. history might note, for example, that the category…

  • Light in August in Light of Foucault: Reexamining the Biracial Experience Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory Volume 64, Number 4, Winter 2008 pages 49-68 E-ISSN: 1558-9595 Print ISSN: 0004-1610 DOI: 10.1353/arq.0.0020 Bethany L. Lam Comparatively little current criticism of Foucauldian racial theory exists, primarily because [Michel] Foucault never formulated a full-blown…