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Transcending blackness : from the new millennium mulatta to the exceptional multiracial / Ralina L. Joseph.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Joseph, Ralina L. (Ralina Landwehr), 1974-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Multiracial people--Race identity--United States.
- Multiracial people.
- African American women--Race identity.
- African American women.
- Racism in mass media.
- Minorities in mass media.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Analyzing representations of multiracial figures in popular culture, Ralina L. Joseph identifies two widespread stereotypes of mixed-race African Americans: those of ""the new millennium mulattas"" and ""the exceptional multiracials.""
- Contents:
- Televising the bad race girl : Jennifer Beals, the race card and the punishment of mixed-race Blackness
- The sad race girl : passing and the new millennium Mulatta in Danzy Senna's Caucasia
- Transitioning to the exceptional multiracial : escaping tragedy through Black
- Transcendence in Mixing Nia
- Recursive racial transformation : selling the exceptional multiracial on America's Next Top Model
- Racist jokes and the exceptional multiracial, or why transcending Blackness is a terrible proposition.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781283742443
- 1283742446
- 9780822395492
- 0822395495
- OCLC:
- 817662113
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