Tag: Mary C. Beltrán

  • The JCMRS inaugural issue will be released on Summer, 2013 Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies c/o Department of Sociology SSMS Room 3005 University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California  93106-9430 E-Mail: socjcmrs@soc.ucsb.edu 2012-10-10 The Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies (JCMRS) is a peer-reviewed online journal dedicated to developing the field of Critical Mixed…

  • Professor Mary Beltrán to be Featured Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat Mixed Chicks Chat (Founders of the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival) Hosted by Fanshen Cox, Heidi W. Durrow and Jennifer Frappier Website: TalkShoe™ (Keywords: Mixed Chicks) Episode: #255 Professor Mary Beltrán When: Wednesday, 2012-05-09, 21:00Z (17:00 EDT, 14:00 PDT) Mary C. Beltrán, Associate…

  • RTF 386 – Beyond Binaries: Mixed Race Representation and Critical Theory University of Texas, Austin Spring 2012 Mary Beltrán, Associate Professor of Media Studies This graduate seminar surveys historical and critical and cultural studies scholarship on the evolution of mixed race in U.S. film and media culture. American histories, cultures, and identities have traditionally been…

  • Multiracialism on The Real World and the Reconfiguration of Politics in MTV’s Brand During the 2000s Popular Communication Volume 8, Issue 2, 2010 pages 132-146 DOI: 10.1080/15405701003676105 Jon Kraszewski, Assistant Professor of Communication Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersery The Real World’s focus on multiracial identity is part of the MTV’s efforts to rebrand…

  • A Review of “Mixed Race Hollywood” Quarterly Review of Film and Video Volume 28, Issue 5 (2011) pages 428-433 DOI: 10.1080/10509200902820589 Delia Konzett, Associate Professor of English University of New Hampshire Mixed Race Hollywood, edited by Mary Beltrán and Camilla Fojas. New York: New York University Press, 2008 The problem of the 20th century, W.…

  • Video from 2010 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at DePaul now available on iTunes U If you missed the Nov 5-6, 2010 “Emerging Paradigms in Critical Mixed Race Studies” conference or any of the keynote talks or the welcoming address, you can now download the videos via Apple’s iTunes U. Here is a link to the…

  • The New Hollywood Racelessness: Only the Fast, Furious, (and Multiracial) Will Survive Cinema Journal Volume 44, Number 2, Winter 2005 pages 50-67 Mary C. Beltrán, Associate Professor of Media Studies University of Texas, Austin This article interrogates the rise of the “multiculti” action film and the casting of multiracial actors as Hollywood action film protagonists.…

  • What’s at stake in claims of “post-racial” media? FlowTV Department of Radio, Television, and Film at the University of Texas at Austin 2010-06-03 Mary C. Beltrán, Associate Professor of Media Studies University of Texas, Austin Tracy Morgan, comedic actor best known for his role as comedic performer Tracy Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock…

  • 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…

  • Mixed Race Hollywood (review) [Emily D. Edwards] Journal of Film and Video Volume 61, Number 4 (Winter 2009) E-ISSN: 1934-6018 Print ISSN: 0742-4671 DOI: 10.1353/jfv.0.0051 Emily D. Edwards, Professor of Broadcasting and Cinema University of North Carolina, Greensboro Mixed Race Hollywood is a collection of essays that could not be timelier. As popular media, journalists,…