Multiracial Identity

MARK CHRISTIAN is an honorary fellow in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, University of Liverpool, a visiting fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, and the coordinator of the Centre for African and African Diaspora Studies, Charles Wootton College. A senior Fulbright recipient, he has presented and published work on the Black British and African-American experiences. AE(00): Consultant Editor: JO CAMPLING

'Mark Christian has written a perceptive, enlightening account of the international politics of racial identity...This is a powerful book that should be read by every serious student of racism and racial identity.' - Molefi Kete Asante, Journal of Black Studies

• Foreword by Dierdre L. Badejo List of Tables Acknowledgements Glossary Theorizing Multiracial Identity Speaking for Themselves (I): Definitions of the Racial Self and Parental Influence Speaking for Themselves (II): Inside and Outside of Blackness in Liverpool, UK South Africa and Jamaica: 'Other' Multiracial Case-Studies Assessing Multiracial Identity Conclusion Notes and References Bibliography Index