Multiracial identity : an international perspective /

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Author / Creator:Christian, Mark, 1961-
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
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ISBN:0312232195 (cloth)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-151) and index.
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