Multiracial identity : an international perspective /
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| Author / Creator: | Christian, Mark, 1961- |
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| Imprint: | New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000. |
| Description: | xxvii, 156 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4321815 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- 1. Theorising Multiracial Identity
- Toward a definition of identity
- Multiracial identity as a term in the 1990s
- Historical theories of 'mixed race' persons
- Contemporary US theories in multiracial identity
- Contemporary UK theories in multiracial identity
- Conclusion
- 2. Speaking for Themselves (I): Definitions of the Racial Self and Parental Influence
- Black settlement in the city of Liverpool, UK
- How the Liverpool, UK respondents define themselves in a racial sense
- Parental influence in the construction of a racialised identity
- Conclusion
- 3. Speaking for Themselves (II): Inside and Outside of Blackness in Liverpool, UK
- Shades of Blackness
- Is wanting to change one's physical appearance an issue?
- Conclusion
- 4. South Africa and Jamaica: 'Other' Multiracial Case Studies
- South Africa and the social construction of 'coloureds'
- Jamaica in context
- The colour-coding hierarchy
- Conclusion
- 5. Assessing Multiracial Identity
- White supremacy and multiracial identity
- Social status and multiracial identity
- Nomenclature default and multiracial terminology
- Conclusion
- 6. Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
