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Zusatztext "The future is here in these fascinating looks at complicated identities. Insightful! hilarious! and often heartbreaking. I can't wait for my daughter (part Cuban! part Japanese! part Jewish) to grow up and read it." —Cristina García! author of The Agüero Sisters Informationen zum Autor edited and with an introduction by Claudine C. O'Hearn Klappentext As we approach the twenty-first century, biracialism and biculturalism are becoming increasingly common. Skin color and place of birth are no longer reliable signifiers of one's identity or origin. Simple questions like What are you? and Where are you from? aren't answered-they are discussed. These eighteen essays, joined by a shared sense of duality, address the difficulties of not fitting into and the benefits of being part of two worlds. Through the lens of personal experience, they offer a broader spectrum of meaning for race and culture. And in the process, they map a new ethnic terrain that transcends racial and cultural division. Zusammenfassung As we approach the twenty-first century! biracialism and biculturalism are becoming increasingly common. Skin color and place of birth are no longer reliable signifiers of one's identity or origin. Simple questions like What are you? and Where are you from? aren't answered—they are discussed. These eighteen essays! joined by a shared sense of duality! address the difficulties of not fitting into and the benefits of being part of two worlds. Through the lens of personal experience! they offer a broader spectrum of meaning for race and culture. And in the process! they map a new ethnic terrain that transcends racial and cultural division. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction by Claudine Chiawei O’Hearn vii LOST IN PLACE by Garrett Hongo 1 THE MULATTO MILLENIUM by Danny Senna 12 THE DOUBLE HELIX by Roxane Farmanfarmaian 28 CALIFORNIA PALMS by lê thi diem thúy 38 MORO LIKE ME by Francisco Goldman 49 THE ROAD FROM BALLYGUNGE by Bharati Mukherjee 71 REFLECTIONS ON MY DAUGHTER by David Mura 80 LIFE AS AN ALIEN by Meri Nana-Ama Danquah 99 LOST IN THE MIDDLE by Malcolm Gladwell 112 THE FUNERAL BANQUET by Lisa See 125 A WHITE WOMAN OF COLOR by Julia Álvarez 139 A MIDDLE PASSAGE by Philippe Wamba 150 FOOD AND THE IMMIGRANT by Indira Ganesan 170 WHAT COLOR IS JESUS? by James McBride 181 POSTCARDS FROM “HOME” by Lori Tsang 197 FROM HERE TO POLAND by Nina Mehta 216 TECHNICOLOR by Rubén Martinez 245 AN ETHNIC TRUMP by Gish Jen 265 About the Authors 269...
