{"id":9346,"date":"2010-10-05T01:54:37","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T01:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=9346"},"modified":"2013-02-18T18:57:32","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T18:57:32","slug":"we-are-a-people-narrative-and-multiplicity-in-constructing-ethnic-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=9346","title":{"rendered":"We Are a People: Narrative and Multiplicity in Constructing Ethnic Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"

We Are a People: Narrative and Multiplicity in Constructing Ethnic Identity<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Temple University Press<\/a>
\nJanuary 2000
\n304 pages
\n7×10
\n5 tables 5 figures
\nPaper EAN: 978-1-56639-723-0; ISBN: 1-56639-723-5<\/p>\n

edited by Paul Spickard<\/a><\/strong>, Professor of History
\nUniversity of California, Santa Barbara<\/em><\/p>\n

and W. Jeffrey Burroughs<\/a><\/strong>, Dean of Math and Sciences and Professor of Psychology
\nBrigham Young University, Hawaii<\/em><\/p>\n

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As the twentieth century closes, ethnicity stands out as a powerful force for binding people together in a sense of shared origins and worldview. But this emphasis on a people’s uniqueness can also develop into a distorted rationale for insularity, inter-ethnic animosity, or, as we have seen in this century, armed conflict. Ethnic identity clearly holds very real consequences for individuals and peoples, yet there is not much agreement on what exactly it is or how it is formed.<\/p>\n

The growing recognition that ethnicity is not fixed and inherent, but elastic and constructed, fuels the essays in this collection. Regarding identity as a dynamic, on-going, formative and transformative process, We Are a People<\/em> considers narrative\u2014the creation and maintenance of a common story\u2014as the keystone in building a sense of peoplehood. Myths of origin, triumph over adversity, migration, and so forth, chart a group’s history, while continual additions to the larger narrative stress moving into the future as a people.<\/p>\n

Still, there is more to our stories as individuals and groups. Most of us are aware that we take on different roles and project different aspects of ourselves depending on the situation. Some individuals who have inherited multiple group affiliations from their families view themselves not as this or that but all at once. So too with ethnic groups. The so-called hyphenated Americans are not the only people in the world to recognize or embrace their plurality. This relatively recent acknowledgment of multiplicity has potentially wide implications, destabilizing the limited (and limiting) categories inscribed in, for example, public policy and discourse on race relations.<\/p>\n

We Are a People<\/em> is a path-breaking volume, boldly illustrating how ethnic identity works in the real world.<\/p>\n

Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n

Acknowledgments
\n1. We are a People \u2013 Paul Spickard and W. Jeffrey Burroughs<\/p>\n

Part I: The Indeterminacy of Ethnic Categories: The Problem and A Solution<\/strong>
\n2. Multiple Ethnicities and Identity Choices in the United States \u2013 Mary C. Waters
\n3. That’s the Story of Our Life \u2013 Stephen Cornell<\/p>\n

Part II: Construction of Ethnic Narratives: Migrant Ethnicities
\n<\/strong>4. Black Immigrants in the United States \u2013 Violet M. Johnson
\n5. The Children of Samoan Migrants in New Zealand \u2013 Cluny Macpherson and La\u2019avasa Macpherson<\/p>\n

Part III: Ethnicities of Dominated Indigenous Peoples<\/strong>
\n6. Narrating to the Center of Power in the Marshall Islands \u2013 Phillip H. McArthur
\n7. Discovered Identities and American-Indian Supratribalism \u2013 Stephen Cornell
\n8. Racialist Responses to Black Athletic Achievement \u2013 Patrick B. Miller
\n9. I’m Not a Chileno! Rapa Nui Identity \u2013 Max E. Stanton and Andr\u00e9s Edmunds P.<\/p>\n

Part IV: Emerging Multiethnic Narratives
\n<\/strong>10. Multiracial Identity in Brazil and the U.S. \u2013 G. Reginald Daniel
\n11. Mixed Laughter \u2013 Darby Li Po Price
\n12. Punjabi Mexican American Experiences of Multiethnicity \u2013\u00a0\u00a0Darby Li Po Price<\/p>\n

Part V: Theoretical Reflections
\n<\/strong>13. Rethinking Racial Identity Development \u2013 Maria P. P. Root
\n14. The Continuing Significance of Race \u2013 Lori Pierce
\n15. What Are the Functions of Ethnic Identity? \u2013 Cookie White Stephan and Walter G. Stephan
\n16. Ethnicity, Multiplicity, and Narrative \u2013 W. Jeffrey Burroughs and Paul Spickard<\/p>\n

Read an excerpt of chapter 1 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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