New faces in a changing America : multiracial identity in the 21st century / [edited by] Loretta I. Winters, Herman L. DeBose.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Winters, Loretta I.

DeBose, Herman L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiracial people--Race identity--United States.

Multiracial people--United States--Social conditions.

United States--Race relations.

United States--Ethnic relations.

United States--Social conditions--1980-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 407 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How multiracial people identify themselves can have a big impact on their positions in family, community & society. This volume examines the multiracial experience in the US.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Part I: RACE AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; 1 - Five Mixed-Race Identities: From Relic to Revolution; 2 - The New Multiracialism: An Affirmation of or an End to Race as We Know It?; Part II: THE MULTIRACIAL MOVEMENT; 3 - New Faces, Old Faces: Counting the Multiracial Population Past and Present; 4 - Multiracial Identity: From Personal Problem to Public Issue; 5 - From Civil Rights to the Multiracial Movement; 6 - Census 2000: Assessments in Significance; 7 - Evolution of Multiracial Organizations: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going

PART III: RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUPS IN AMERICA AND BEYOND8 - The Dilemma of Biracial People of African American Descent; 9 - Check All That Apply: Trends and Prospectives Among Asian-Descent Multiracials; 10 - Beyond Mestizaje: The Future of Race in America; 11 - Colonization, Cultural Imperialism, and the Social Construction of American Indian Mixed-Blood Identity; 12 - "Race," "Ethnicity," and "Culture" in Hawai'i: The Myth of the "Model Minority" State; 13 - Multiracial Identity in Global Perspective: The United States, Brazil, and South Africa; PART IV: RACE, GENDER, AND HIERARCHY

14 - Does Multiraciality Lighten?: Me-Too Ethnicity and the Whiteness Trap15 - The Hazards of Visibility: "Biracial" Women, Media Images, and Narratives of Identity; 16 - Masculine Multiracial Comedians; PART V: SPECIAL TOPICS; 17 - Gang Affiliation and Self-Esteem: The Effects of a Mixed-Heritage Identity; 18 - Black/White Interracial Couples and the Beliefs That Help Them to Bridge the Racial Divide; Epilogue: The Multiracial Movement; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781452233840

1452233845

9781452267227

1452267227

OCLC:

809773324