Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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Tag: Thailand
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Thai beauty ad: ‘Just being white, you will win’ Cable News Network (CNN) 2016-01-08 Wilfred Chan (CNN)—It’s hard to imagine anything more blatant than this. A new Thai beauty ad claiming white skin is the key to success has unleashed a storm of criticism in Thailand, especially online, where people complain the ad perpetuates damaging,…
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Baby Gammy and the Sexual Politics of Mixed Race Asians Multiracial Asian Families: thinking about race, families, children, and the intersection of mixed ID/Asian 2015-02-25 Sharon H. Chang A couple years ago young Thai mother Pattaramon Chanbua agreed to be a surrogate for Australian couple David and Wendy Farnell. It was a disaster. Last week…
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Rice Outside the Paddy: The Form and Function of Hybridity in a Thai Novel Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies Volume 11, Number 1 (1997) pages 51-78 Jan R. Weisman This paper examines some of the problematic issues of racial hybridity in contemporary Thailand through an analysis of the fictional portrayal of Thai…
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Beautiful beasts: Ambivalence and distinction in the gender identity negotiations of multiracialised women of Thai descent Women’s Studies International Forum Volume 30, Issue 5 (September-October 2007) Pages 391-403 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2007.07.003 Jin Haritaworn, Assistant Professor in Gender, Race and Environment at the Faculty of Environmental Studies York University, Canada This qualitative analysis of interviews with women of…