Sex and Race in the Black Atlantic

Mulatto Devils and Multiracial Messiahs

AvDaniel McNeil

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

This is the first book to place the self-fashioning of mixed-race individuals in the context of a Black Atlantic. Drawing on a wide range of sources and a diverse cast of characters – from the diaries, letters, novels and plays of femme fatales in Congo and the United States to the advertisements, dissertations, oral histories and political speeches of Black Power activists in Canada and the United Kingdom – it gives particular attention to the construction of mixed-race femininity and masculinity during the twentieth century. Its broad scope and historical approach provides readers with a timely rejoinder to academics, artists, journalists and politicians who only use the mixed-race label to depict prophets or delinquents as "new" national icons for the twenty-first century.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-12-28
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Studies on African and Black Diaspora
Antal sidor:186
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415872263

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Daniel McNeil teaches Media and Cultural Studies at Newcastle University and is an Honorary Fellow of the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation.

Recensioner i media

'Daniel McNeil illuminates harrowing account and insidious perceptions of mixed-race that exist across Canada, America and Britain.''...fruitful in its exploration of how mixed-race has been and is perceived as a battlefield, without tip-toeing around sensitive issues.''This book will be of primary relevance to academics and students who require a refreshing critical alternative to the lingering racist perceptions of the mixing of races, as well as the multiculturalist normalisation and the "post-racial" consumption of mixed-race identity.'-Zaki Nahaboo, Runnymede Bulletin, Issue 365

Innehållsförteckning

1. New People? 2. An Individualistic Age? 3. “Je suis métisse" 4. “I. Am. A Light Grey Canadian.” 5. “I’m Black. Not Mixed. Not Canadian. Not African. Just Black” 6. “Yes, We’re All Individuals!” “I’m Not.” Conclusion