Multiracial Identity and Racial Politics in the United States

Zusatztext Highly recommended. Informationen zum Autor Natalie Masuoka is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University. Her research has sought to unveil the ways in which race continues to recreate political inequality in the United States, focusing on the racial differences in political behavior and attitudes. Her first book, The Politics of Belonging: Race, Public Opinion and Immigration Policy was the winner of the 2014 Ralphe Bunche Award by the American Political Science Association. Klappentext Natalie Masuoka's Multiracial Identity and Racial Politics in the United States traces the historical forces that created a new cultural norm to racially self-identify as "multiracial" and offers evidence on the possible political implications of this racial identity. Zusammenfassung Natalie Masuoka's Multiracial Identity and Racial Politics in the United States traces the historical forces that created a new cultural norm to racially self-identify as "multiracial" and offers evidence on the possible political implications of this racial identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis CHAPTER 1: Identity Choice: Changing Practices of Race and Multiracial Identification CHAPTER 2: Exclusive Categories: Historical Formation of Racial Classification in the United States CHAPTER 3: Advocating for Choice: Political Views of Multiracial Activists CHAPTER 4: Declaring Race: Understanding Opportunities to Self-Identify as Multiracial CHAPTER 5: Implications of Racial Identity: Comparing Monoracial and Multiracial Political Attitudes CHAPTER 6: In the Eye of the Beholder: American Perceptions of Obama's Race CHAPTER 7: Multiracial and Beyond: Racial Formation in the 21st Century References Appendices

Product details

• Authors: Vincent Lariviaere, Natalie Masuoka, Natalie (Professor of Political Science Masuoka, Masuoka Natalie
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9780190657475
• ISBN: 978-0-19-065747-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Political activism, Political science & theory, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Political science and theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Political activism / Political engagement