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The Boundaries of Mixedness tackles the burgeoning field of critical mixed race studies, bringing together research that spans five continents and more than ten countries.
List of contents
1. Critical Mixed Race in Global Perspective: An Introduction
Erica Chito Childs
Hierarchies of Mixing: Navigations and Negotiations
2. An Unwanted Weed: Children of Cross-region Unions Confront Intergenerational Stigma of Caste, Ethnicity and Religion
Reena Kukreja
3. Mixed Race Families in South Africa: Naming and Claiming a Location
Heather Dalmage
4. Negotiating the (Non)Negotiable: Connecting ‘Mixed-Race’ Identities to ‘Mixed-Race’ Families
Mengxi Pang
Hierarchies of Mixedness: Choices and Challenges
5. Linguistic Cultural Capital Among Descendants of Mixed Couples in Catalonia, Spain: Realities and Inequalities
Dan Rodriguez-Garcia
6. ‘There is Nothing Wrong with Being a Mulatto': Structural Discrimination and Racialized Belonging in Denmark
Mira Skadegaard
7. Exceptionalism with Non-Validation: The Social Inconsistencies of Being Mixed Race in Australia
Stephanie Guy
Mixed Matters Through a Wider Lens
8. Recognising Selves in Others: Situating Dougla Manoeuverability as Shared Mixed-Race Ontology
Susan Barratt and Aleah Ranjitsingh
9. What’s Love Got To Do With It? Emotional Authority and State Regulation of Interracial/National Couples in Ireland
Rebecca King-O’Riain
10. Re-viewing Race and Mixedness: Mixed Race in Asia and the Pacific
Zarine Rocha
About the author
Erica Chito Childs is leading qualitative researcher on issues of race, gender and sexuality, particularly in the areas of multiracialism, families, media and popular culture. She is a popular and engaging speaker and is frequently invited to lecture on multiracial issues in the United States, Australia, Britain and South Africa. Her work is regularly featured in various media outlets.
Summary
The Boundaries of Mixedness tackles the burgeoning field of critical mixed race studies, bringing together research that spans five continents and more than ten countries.
