Tag: Rice University

  • SOCI 329-Multiracial America Rice University 2013-2014 Multiracial America examines the phenomenon of race mixing (e.g. interracial interaction, multiracial identity) from a sociological perspective. The course covers the legal, political, and cultural contexts of interracial interaction and how these impact current understanding of what it means to be “mixed race.” Recommended Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101.

  • Narratives of astonishment: Miscegenation in New World literature Rice University 1994 235 pages John Wesley Buass A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Through readings of a variety of literary and historical narratives from throughout the Americas dating from the 16th century to the present, I show…

  • Dangerous crossroads: Mestizaje in the U.S. Latino/a imaginary Rice University December 2007 197 pages Publication ID: 3309864 John L. Escobedo, Assistant Professor of English University of Colorado, Boulder A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree Doctor of Philosophy My dissertation interrogates mestizaje and nationalism to rethink academic tendencies that construct…

  • In mixed-race couples, fathers profoundly influence their children’s racial identifications Research@Rice 2006-09-15 In mixed-race couples, fathers profoundly influence their children’s racial identifications. Interracial marriage increased seven-fold from 1970 to 2000, and how the children of these marriages view their racial identity has a lot to do with their father’s race and the number of father-child…

  • Multiple choice: Literary racial formations of mixed race Americans of Asian descent Rice University May 2001 194 pages Shannon T. Leonard Rice University A thesis submitted in partial fulfullment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy This dissertation reassesses key paradigms of Asian American literary studies in the interest of critically accounting for…