Souls looking back : life stories of growing up Black / Andrew Garrod ... [et al.], eds ; foreword by James P. Comer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Garrod, Andrew, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American youth--Race identity--Case studies.

African American youth.

African American youth--Biography.

African American youth--Social conditions--Case studies.

Multiracial children--Race identity--Case studies.

Multiracial children.

Multiracial children--Biography.

Multiracial children--Social conditions--Case studies.

United States--Race relations--Case studies.

United States.

Canada--Race relations--Case studies.

Canada.

West Indies--Race relations--Case studies.

West Indies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A collection of sixteen autobiographical essays by Africans in America, Afro-Caribbean and bi-racial college students, which explore the process of self-discovery and realization of cultural identity.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Forward; Preface; Introduction; Class and Race in Negotiating Identity; Born with a Veil; What Is Black Enough?; Living between the Lines; I Reconcile the Irreconcilable; The Social Constructions of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture; The Intersections of Identity; Color-blind; Walking a Thin Line; Becoming Myself; Becoming Comfortable in My Skin; Caught between Two Cultures; Lost in the Middle; Resilience and Resistance; Gotta Keep Climin' All de Time; Finding Zion; Feeling the Pressure to Succeed; Running Hurdles; Reflections on My Survival; Quest for Peace

ReferencesAbout the Contributors, Editors, and Foreword Writer; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-289) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-96335-5

1-135-96336-3

0-203-90375-7

1-280-40732-8

9786610407323

9780203903759

OCLC:

437074705