Mixed Race Studies

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  • The (Un)Happy Objects of Affective Community

    The (Un)Happy Objects of Affective Community Cultural Studies Volume 30, Issue 1 (2016) pages 24-46 DOI: 10.1080/09502386.2014.899608 Alexandre Emboaba Da Costa, Assistant Professor, Theoretical, Cultural and International Studies in Education University of Alberta, Canada Affect permeates understandings of racial and cultural mixture as well as racial democracy in Brazil. Sentiments of interconnectedness, harmony and conviviality…

  • Rearticulating Black Mixed-Race in the Era of Globalization: Hines Ward and the struggle for Koreanness in contemporary South Korean media

    Rearticulating Black Mixed-Race in the Era of Globalization: Hines Ward and the struggle for Koreanness in contemporary South Korean media Cultural Studies Volume 28, Issue 3, 2014 pages 391-417 DOI: 10.1080/09502386.2013.840665 Ji-Hyun Ahn University of Texas, Austin Since the mid-2000s, the term multiculturalism has entered the Korean lexicon as migration has become more and more…

  • Hybridity Theory and Kinship Thinking

    Hybridity Theory and Kinship Thinking Cultural Studies Volume 19, Issue 5 (2005) pages 602-621 DOI: 10.1080/09502380500365507 Peter Wade, Professor of Social Anthropology University of Manchester A parallel is posited between the ways hybridity and kinship are thought about in Western contexts, challenging the idea that kinship and biology tend to lead to narrow, roots-oriented, essentialized…

  • Becoming Modern Racialized Subjects: Detours through our pasts to produce ourselves anew

    Becoming Modern Racialized Subjects: Detours through our pasts to produce ourselves anew Cultural Studies Volume 23, Number 4 (July 2009) pages 624-657 DOI: 10.1080/09502380902950948 Hazel V. Carby, Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of African American Studies Yale University This essay is a close engagement with the work of Stuart Hall which has been…