The politics of multiracialism : challenging racial thinking /
"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, ideologicall...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
2004
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "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."--Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 253 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423739132 9781423739135 9780791461532 079146153X 0791461548 9780791461549 9780791484760 0791484769 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
