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A multiracial experience : one man's search for race, identity, and family / Steve Majors ; edited by Christopher A. McAuley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Majors, Steve, author.
- Series:
- Queer and LGBT+ Studies, Black Studies (Lived Places Publishing)
- Queer and LGBT+ Studies, Black Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Multiracial people.
- Ethnicity.
- Cultural pluralism.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- One man's search for race, identity, and family
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Lived Places Publishing, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Join writer Steve Majors as he recounts his search for identity through race, family, generational trauma, queerness, and parenthood in this moving memoir. The white-passing youngest son of a Black American family, journalist and author Steve Majors reflects on his life and experiences as a multi-racial queer man. A poignant narrative of identity formation, rejection, and re-formation, this moving memoir covers themes of generational trauma, abuse, race, sexuality, and family relationships. Adapted for course reading from the original memoir High Yella, this book is ideal reading for higher education students of Black Studies, African American Studies, American Studies, Queer and LGBT+ Studies, Family Studies, and related courses in the social sciences.
- Contents:
- Content warning
- Learning objectives
- Introduction
- Note on language
- Chapter 1 The music man
- Chapter 2 Ole cat eyes
- Chapter 3 Light, bright, and almost white
- Chapter 4 Oreo
- Chapter 5 Pops' blood
- Chapter 6 Queens of the hill
- Chapter 7 A shadow of myself
- Chapter 8 Making do without
- Chapter 9 The house on the hill
- Chapter 10 Neecie
- Chapter 11 Wild child
- Chapter 12 Don't trust that bitch
- Chapter 13 One step forward
- Chapter 14 Ole hot ass
- Chapter 15 The traveling salesman
- Chapter 16 Sissified
- xChapter 17 White lies, dark secrets
- Chapter 18 There's no place like home
- Chapter 19 Shit happens
- Chapter 20 The secret inside her
- Chapter 21 Dead or in jail
- Chapter 22 A family of choice
- Chapter 23 The wounds that won't heal
- Chapter 24 Blood is thicker
- Chapter 25 Sins of the fathers
- Chapter 26 All the dirt
- Chapter 27 One last time
- Suggested discussion topics
- Further reading
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on Publisher's website, viewed November 07, 2023.
- Other Format:
- Print version: A multiracial experience : one man's search for race, identity, and family.
- ISBN:
- 9781916704169
- 9781916704176
- 9781916704183
- OCLC:
- 1381709192
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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