Tag: Journal of Intercultural Studies

  • Based on an empirical study conducted in Scotland, this paper seeks to explore the linkage between mixed identities, society and families.

  • This special issue tackles the burgeoning field of critical mixed race studies, bringing together research that spans five continents and more than ten countries.

  • We are looking for original papers that critically address the issue of mixed race globally from new and innovative perspectives to make up this Special Issue.

  • Mistura for the fans: performing mixed-race Japanese Brazilianness in Japan Journal of Intercultural Studies Volume 36, Issue 6, 2015 pages 710-728 DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2015.1095714 Zelideth María Rivas, Assistant Professor of Japanese Department of Modern Languages Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia In this article, I examine fans’ consumption of mixed-race Japanese Brazilian female bodies in Japan. The article…

  • A Global Look at Mixing: Problems, Pitfalls and Possibilities Journal of Intercultural Studies Volume 35, Issue 6, 2014 pages 677-688 DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2014.968305 Erica Chito Childs, Associate Professor of Sociology Hunter College, The City University of New York The importance of studying mixed race in a global perspective is gaining momentum. The global economy, growing rates…

  • Mixed Race Okinawans and Their Obscure In-Betweeness Journal of Intercultural Studies Volume 35, Issue 6 (November 2014) pages 646-661 DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2014.963531 Mitzi Uehara Carter While critical mixed race studies and popular discourse of haafu (half) are proliferating in Japan, the case of mixed race people in Okinawa remains obscure within these studies as exceptional cases…

  • Eurasians: Celebrating Survival Journal of Intercultural Studies Volume 28, Issue 1 (2007) DOI: 10.1080/07256860601082988 pages 129-141 Christine Choo University of Western Australia The search for my Asian ancestors and my discoveries in archives, the crumbling pages, the eroding ink, the disappearance of the word, are a metaphor for the simultaneous emergence of the will to…

  • Historicizing Hybridity and the Politics of Location: Three Early Colonial Indian Narratives Journal of Intercultural Studies Volume 28, Issue 1 (2007) pages 143-155 DOI: 10.1080/07256860601082996 Adrian Carton Centre for Cultural Research University of Western Sydney, Australia From White Mughals to Vikram Seth, novels, historical blockbusters and more nuanced anthropological and postcolonial critiques have exposed the…

  • Memories of Interracial Contacts and Mixed Race in Dutch Cinema Journal of Intercultural Studies Volume 28, Issue 1 (2007) Pages 69 – 82 DOI: 10.1080/07256860601082947 Pamela Pattynama, Professor of Media and Culture University of Amsterdam This essay explores the (post)colonial relationship between the present-day Netherlands and its former colony the Dutch East Indies—a continuing relationship…

  • Anglo-Indians in Hollywood, Bollywood and Arthouse Cinema Journal of Intercultural Studies Volume 28, Issue 1 (February 2007) pages 55-68 DOI: 10.1080/07256860601082939 Glenn D’Cruz, Senior Lecturer of Performance Studies Deakin University, Australia Apart from a few disparaging remarks about offensive stereotypes by Anglo-Indian writers and politicians such as Gloria Jean Moore, Frank Anthony and Gillian Hart,…