Making multiracials : state, family, and market in the redrawing of the color line / Kimberly McClain DaCosta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DaCosta, Kimberly McClain.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiracial people.

Multiracial people--Race identity--United States.

Multiracial people--Race identity.

United States.

Interracial marriage.

Minorities--United States--Social conditions.

Minorities.

Social conditions.

Racism.

Physical Description:

xiii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Making Multiracials tells the story of the social movement that emerged around mixed race identity in the 1990s. Drawing on extensive interviews and fieldwork, the author shows how multiracials have been made through state policy, family organizations, and market forces.

Contents:

Tables, Figures, and Photos ix

2 The Making of a Category 21

3 Becoming a Multiracial Entrepreneur: Four Stories 47

4 Making Multiracial Families 86

5 Creating Multiracial Identity and Community 125

6 Consuming Multiracials 154

7 Redrawing the Color Line?: The Problems and Possibilities of Multiracial Families and Group Making 173

Appendix A List of Respondents 193

Appendix B Methodology 196

Appendix C Situating Multiracial Group Making in the Literature on Social Movements, Race, and the Work of Pierre Bourdieu 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-249) and index.

ISBN:

0804755450

9780804755450

0804755469

9780804755467

OCLC:

70718211