Multiracial identity : an international perspective / Mark Christian ; foreword by Diedre L. Badejo ; consultant editor, Jo Campling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christian, Mark

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiracial people.

Identity (Psychology).

Physical Description:

xxvii, 156 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

"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 discusses how little attention has been traditionally been given to theorizing multiracial identity in the context of white supremacist thought and practice.

Contents:

1 Theorising Multiracial Identity 1

Toward a definition of identity 1

Multiracial identity as a term in the 1990s 4

Historical theories of 'mixed race' persons 6

Contemporary US theories in multiracial identity 11

Contemporary UK theories in multiracial identity 14

2 Speaking for Themselves (I): Definitions of the Racial Self and Parental Influence 21

Black settlement in the city of Liverpool, UK 22

How the Liverpool, UK respondents define themselves in a racial sense 23

Parental influence in the construction of a racialised identity 41

3 Speaking for Themselves (II): Inside and Outside of Blackness in Liverpool, UK 59

Shades of Blackness 60

Is wanting to change one's physical appearance an issue? 79

4 South Africa and Jamaica: 'Other' Multiracial Case Studies 87

South Africa and the social construction of 'coloureds' 88

Jamaica in context 93

The colour-coding hierarchy 95

5 Assessing Multiracial Identity 103

White supremacy and multiracial identity 104

Social status and multiracial identity 107.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-151) and index.

ISBN:

0312232195

OCLC:

43457979