Tag: Sociological Spectrum

  • “It Represents Me:” Tattooing Mixed-Race Identity Sociological Spectrum Published online: 2018-10-04 DOI: 10.1080/02732173.2018.1478351 Jennifer Patrice Sims, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Alabama, Huntsville Research on tattoos reveals that desire for something to “mark their bodies with indelible symbols of what they see themselves to be” has become a main driver behind contemporary tattoo acquisitions…

  • Black Is, Black Ain’t: Biracials, Middle-Class Blacks, and the Social Construction of Blackness Sociological Spectrum Volume 30,  Issue 6, 2010 pages 639-670 DOI: 10.1080/02732173.2010.510057 Cherise A. Harris, Associate Professor of Sociology Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut Nikki Khanna, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Vermont Several scholars claim that group cohesion among black Americans is…