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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Other Authors: Dalmage, Heather M., 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2004.
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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
Item Description:Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks
EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 253 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1423739132
9781423739135
9780791461532
079146153X
0791461548
9780791461549
9780791484760
0791484769