ISBN:
9780230501744
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (178 pages)
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DDC:
305.80399999999997
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Multiracial Identity provides an accessible account of the social construction of racialized groups. Using both primary (in-depth interviews) and secondary data, four nations are examined: the UK, US, South Africa and Jamaica. The author maintains how little attention has traditionally been given to theorizing multiracial identity in the context of white supremacist thought and practice. This concise, wide-ranging, contentious and well-referenced study provides students of 'identity politics' and miscegenation with an insightful read. The book also contains a useful glossary.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- 1 Theorising Multiracial Identity -- Toward a definition of identity -- Multiracial identity as a term in the 1990s -- Historical theories of 'mixed race' persons -- Contemporary US theories in multiracial identity -- Contemporary UK theories in multiracial identity -- Conclusion -- 2 Speaking for Themselves (I): Definitions of the Racial Self and Parental Influence -- Black settlement in the city of Liverpool, UK -- How the Liverpool, UK respondents define themselves in a racial sense -- Parental influence in the construction of a racialised identity -- Conclusion -- 3 Speaking for Themselves (II): Inside and Outside of Blackness in Liverpool, UK -- Shades of Blackness -- Is wanting to change one's physical appearance an issue? -- Conclusion -- 4 South Africa and Jamaica: 'Other' Multiracial Case Studies -- South Africa and the social construction of 'coloureds' -- Jamaica in context -- The colour-coding hierarchy -- Conclusion -- 5 Assessing Multiracial Identity -- White supremacy and multiracial identity -- Social status and multiracial identity -- Nomenclature default and multiracial terminology -- Conclusion -- 6 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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