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Description for Global Mixed Race
Hardback. Examines the contemporary experiences of people of mixed descent in nations around the world, moving beyond US borders to explore the dynamics of racial mixing and multiple descent in Zambia, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, Okinawa, Australia, and New Zealand. Editor(s): King-O'Riain, Rebecca Chiyoko; Small, Stephen; Mahtani, Minelle; Song, Miri; Spickard, Paul. Num Pages: 357 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Patterns of migration and the forces of globalization have brought the issues of mixed race to the public in far more visible, far more dramatic ways than ever before. Global Mixed Race examines the contemporary experiences of people of mixed descent in nations around the world, moving beyond US borders to explore the dynamics of racial mixing and multiple descent in Zambia, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, Okinawa, Australia, and New Zealand. In particular, the volume’s editors ask: how have new global flows of ideas, goods, and people affected the lives and social placements ... Read more
Patterns of migration and the forces of globalization have brought the issues of mixed race to the public in far more visible, far more dramatic ways than ever before. Global Mixed Race examines the contemporary experiences of people of mixed descent in nations around the world, moving beyond US borders to explore the dynamics of racial mixing and multiple descent in Zambia, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, Okinawa, Australia, and New Zealand. In particular, the volume’s editors ask: how have new global flows of ideas, goods, and people affected the lives and social placements ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
357
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814770733
SKU
V9780814770733
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Ref
99-1
About Rebecca
Rebecca C. King-O’Riain is a Senior Lecturer at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. She is the author of Pure Beauty: Judging Race in Japanese American Beauty Pageants. Stephen Small is Associate Professor of African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Minelle Mahtani is Associate Professor in the Department of Human Geography and the Program in Journalism at ... Read more
Reviews for Global Mixed Race
Global Mixed Race is a comprehensive compilation of world mixed-race identities, histories, and issues. The editors have expertly prepared for comparison and intrinsic interest contemporary and timely discussions of mixed race as an increasingly recognized dimension of racial and ethnic diversity in the 21st century. From post-modern popular culture to academic race theory, this exciting, ground-breaking collection will be a ... Read more