Fading Out Black and White - Racial Ambiguity in American Culture

This insightful provocative glimpse at identity formation in the US reviews the new frontier of race and looks back at the archaism of the one-drop rule that is unique to America.

List of contents

Acknowledgments / List of Illustrations / Preface / Introduction / Overview of the book / Terminology / Chapter 1: Tracing Race: A tour of the Racial Binary / Chapter 2: The Trial of Rachel Dolezal: The First Transracial / Chapter 3: Obama as Racial Rorschach: The First Blank President / Chapter 4: Casting Color: Black Barbie and the Black Doll as Racial Barometer / Chapter 5: Really Black: Black-ish and the Black Sitcom as Racial Barometer / Chapter 6: Talking about Race: Black, White and Mixed Focus Groups / Coda / Appendix / Bibliography

About the author

Lisa Kingstone received her BA from Barnard College, her MA from Columbia University and her Doctorate from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in English Literature. Before joining the Kings School of Global Affairs in February of 2013 as a teaching fellow, she taught English Literature at the University of Connecticut from 2003-2012. She has broad teaching experience across 19th and 20th century English literature with an interest in Race and Identity in the United States as well as trauma narrative in 20th century Modernism. A professional writer and editor as well as an academic, Kingstone's stories, cultural critiques, author profiles, film and book reviews have appeared in a variety of publications. These include The Hartford Courant, Connecticut Magazine, Hadassah Magazine, and Publishers Weekly. She received a grant from Culture at King's for her project African Diaspora Artists of the 21st Century (ADA21).

Summary

This insightful provocative glimpse at identity formation in the US reviews the new frontier of race and looks back at the archaism of the one-drop rule that is unique to America.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Simone Kingstone
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781786602541
• ISBN: 978-1-78660-254-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General