Biracial in America

Forming and Performing Racial Identity

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

Elected in 2008, Barack Obama made history as the first African American president of the United States. Though recognized as the son of a white Kansas-born mother and a black Kenyan father, the media and public have nonetheless pigeonholed him as black, and he too self-identifies as such. Obama’s experience as an American with black and white ancestry, though compelling because of his celebrity, is not unique and raises several questions about the growing number of black-white biracial Americans today: How are they perceived by others with regard to race? How do they tend to identify? And why? Taking a social psychological approach, Biracial in America identifies influencing factors and several underlying processes shaping multidimensional racial identities. This study also investigates the ways in which biracial Americans perform race in their day-to-day lives. One’s race isn’t simply something that others prescribe onto the individual but something that individuals “do.” The strategies and motivations for performing black, white, and biracial identities are explored.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-05-03
Mått:153 x 227 x 15 mm
Vikt:286 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:204
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739184431

Utforska kategorier

Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Nikki Khanna is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Vermont.

Recensioner i media

This is the book for which multiracial and racial identity scholars have been waiting. Nikki Khanna’s Biracial in America: Forming and Performing Racial Identity moves us a giant leap forward in our understanding of racial identity among black-white biracial Americans. Through captivating interview excerpts, Khanna brilliantly and clearly describes the underlying social psychological processes through which biracial Americans shape and negotiate multidimensional racial identities. In the process, she reveals both the lingering impact of the one drop rule and the power of individual biracial Americans to actively 'perform race' in an era of increasing racial flexibility.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Questions of Identity Chapter 2: Black and White in America: Then and Now Chapter 3: Through the "Looking Glass": Reflected Appraisals and the One Drop Rule Chapter 4: The Push and Pull of Day-to-Day Interactions Chapter 5: Social Comparisons and Social Networks Chapter 6: Identity Work: Strategies and Motivations Chapter 7: Concluding Thoughts