Multiracial Identity: An International Perspective / Edition 1

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Overview

Multiracial Identity provides an accessible account of the social construction of racialized groups. Using both primary (in-depth interviews) and secondary data, four nations are examined: the UK, US, South Africa, and Jamaica. The author discusses how little attention has been traditionally been given to theorizing multiracial identity in the context of white supremacist thought and practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312232191
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/14/2000
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Mark Christian is Honorary Fellow of the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Liverpool

Table of Contents

Foreword--Diedre L. Badejo
• Part I: Theorizing 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
• Part II: Speaking forThemselves (I)
• How the Liverpool, UK Respondents Define Themselves in a Racial Sense
• Parental Influence in the Construction of a Racialized Identity
• Part III: Speaking for Themselves (II) Shades of Blackness
• Is Wanting to Change One's Physical Appearance an Issue?
• Part IV: South Africa and Jamaica: "Other" Multiracial Case Studies
• South Africa and the Social Construction of "Coloureds"
• Jamaica in Context
• Part V: Assessing Multiracial Identity White Supremacy and Multiracial Identity
• Social Status and Multiracial Identity
• Nomenclature Default and Multiracial Terminology

Editorial Reviews

...this clear and well-organized book is a welcome addition to the literature on multiracial identity... Contemporary Sociology

From the Publisher

...this clear and well-organized book is a welcome addition to the literature on multiracial identity...

Contemporary Sociology

Christian (sociology, U. of Liverpool) using interviews and secondary data to examine multiracial identity in the UK, US, South Africa, and Jamaica, concludes that multiracial identity is a social construction forged in the context of white supremacy. After discussing the term "multiracial identity," Christian discusses the racial self and parental influence, blackness in Liverpool, the color-coding hierarchy in South Africa and Jamaica, and the social status of those with a multiracial identity. A glossary is featured with, for example, the word : "refers to the notion that a person of mixed origin descent is `fixed' to the `racial group' of his/her heritage which has the least social status in the given society." For Christian, classification according to skin color, in or out of one's "own" "community" makes as little sense as classification by hair color. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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