The Politics of Multiracialism: Challenging Racial Thinking - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791461548 ISBN 13 : 9780791461549

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2004

Synopsis

A provocative analysis of current thought and discourse on multiracialism.

This is the first book to critically look at the political issues and interests surrounding the broadly defined Multiracial Movement and at what is being said about multiracialism. Many of the multiracial family organizations that exist across the United States developed socially, ideologically, and politically during the conservative Reagan years. While members of the Multiracial Movement differ widely in their political views, the concept of multiracialism has been taken up by conservative politicians in ways that are often inimical to the interests of traditionally defined minorities.

Contributors look at the Multiracial Movement's voice and at the political controversies that attend the notion of multiracialism in academic and popular literature, internet discourse, census debates, and discourse by and about pop culture celebrities. The work discusses how multiracialism, hybridity, and racial mixing have occurred amidst existing academic discussions of authenticity, community borders, identity politics, the social construction of race, and postmodern fragmentation. How the Multiracial Movement is shaping and transforming collective multiracial identities is also explored.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

At Roosevelt University, Heather M. Dalmage is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice. She is the author of Tripping on the Color Line: Black-White Multiracial Families in a Racially Divided World.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791461548
• ISBN 13: 9780791461549
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 263
• Éditeur: Dalmage Heather M.
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• Personne responsable: non disponible