New Faces in a Changing America - Multiracial Identity in the 21st Century

"New Faces in a Changing America is a comprehensive, penetrating, authoritative, and provocative examination of what it means to be multiracial in this country. With contributions by the leading thinkers, activists, and researchers on the subject, it admirably links theory and the powerful lived experiences of mixed-race people. This book will be the most important reference source on the subject for many years."
-- James P. Allen, California State University, Northridge
New Faces in a Changing America examines the multiracial experience, its history and the political issues and consequences surrounding biracial and multiracial identity, bringing together top names in the field to give readers cutting edge views and insights gained from contemporary research.

List of contents

Forward
Introduction - Herman L. DeBose
Acknowledgments
PART I: RACE AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION
1. Five Mixed Race Identities: From Relic to Revolution - Maria P. P. Root
2. The New Multiracialism: An Affirmation or an End to Race as we Know It? - Mary Thierry Texeira
PART II: THE MULTIRACIAL MOVEMENT
3. New Faces, Old Faces: Counting the Multiracial Population - Ann Morning
4. Multiracial Identity: From Personal Problem to Public Issue - Kimberly McClain DaCosta
5. From Civil Rights to the Multiracial Movement - Kim M. Williams
6. Census 2000: Assessments in Significance - Rainier Spencer
7. Evolution of Multiracial Organizations: Where We Have Been & Where We Are Going - Nancy G. Brown & Ramona E. Douglas
PART III: RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUPS IN AMERICA & BEYOND
8. The Dilemma of Biracial People of African American Descent - Herman L. DeBose & Loretta L. Winters
9. Check All That Apply: Trends & Perspectives Among Asian Descent Multiracials - Teresa Williams-Leon
10. Beyond Mestizaje: The Future of Race in America - Gregory Velazco y Trianosky
11. Colonization, Cultural Imperialism, and the Social Construction of American Indian Mixed Blood Identity - Karren Baird-Olson
12. "Race," "Ethnicity," and "Culture" in Hawai¿i: The Myth of the "Model Minority" State - Laura Desfor Edles
13. Multiracial Identity in Global Perspective: The United States, Brazil, and South Africa - G. Reginald Daniel
PART IV: RACE, GENDER & HIERARCHY
14. Does Multiraciality Lighten? Me-too Ethnicity & the Whiteness Trap - Paul Spickard
15. The Hazards of Visibility: "Biracial Women," Media Images, and Narratives of Identity - Caroline A. Streeter
16. Masculine Multiracial Comedians - Darby Li Po Price
PART V: SPECIAL TOPICS
17. Gang Affiliation & Self-Esteem: The Effects of a Mixed Heritage Identity - Patricia O¿Donnell Brummett & Loretta I. Winters
18. Black/White Interracial Couples & the Beliefs That Help Them to Bridge the Racial Divide - Kristyan M. Kouri
Epilogue: The Multiracial Movement: Harmony & Discord - Loretta I. Winters
Index
About the Editors
About the Contributors

About the author

Loretta I. Winters possesses a Ph.D. in Sociology and is biracial. She has co-published and presented chapters and papers with her co-editor Herman L. DeBose on ongoing research on multiracial identity at several conferences and was instrumental in locating the Multiracial Americans of Southern California′s 10th Annual Conference at California State University, Northridge, where she is a professor in the Department of Sociology. As a result of their research activities and paper presentations, Drs. Winters and DeBose have formed networks with other scholars who conduct research in the area of multiraciality and/or are politically active and supportive of multiracial people.Herman L. DeBose possesses a Ph.D. in Social Welfare, is married to a woman of another race, and has four biracial children. He has co-published and presented chapters and papers with his co-editor Loretta I. Winters on ongoing research on multiracial identity at several conferences and was instrumental in locating the Multiracial Americans of Southern California′s 10th Annual Conference at California State University, Northridge, where he is a professor in the Department of Sociology. As a result of their research activities and paper presentations, Drs. DeBose and Winters have formed networks with other scholars who conduct research in the area of multiraciality and/or are politically active and supportive of multiracial people.

Summary

"New Faces in a Changing America is a comprehensive, penetrating, authoritative, and provocative examination of what it means to be multiracial in this country. With contributions by the leading thinkers, activists, and researchers on the subject, it admirably links theory and the powerful lived experiences of mixed-race people. This book will be the most important reference source on the subject for many years."-- James P. Allen, California State University, NorthridgeNew Faces in a Changing America examines the multiracial experience, its history and the political issues and consequences surrounding biracial and multiracial identity, bringing together top names in the field to give readers cutting edge views and insights gained from contemporary research.

Product details

• Authors: Herman L. Debose, Loretta I. Winters
• Assisted by: Herman L. Debose (Editor), Loretta I. Winters (Editor)
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2002
• EAN: 9780761923008
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-2300-8
• No. of pages: 430
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 804 g
• Series: Sage Masters in Modern Social; Sage Masters in Modern Social
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories