The Resource Raiding the gene pool : the social construction of mixed race, Jill Olumide
Raiding the gene pool : the social construction of mixed race, Jill Olumide
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- Summary
- "High profile 'mixed race' stars like Tiger Woods have brought the politics of identity into the mainstream. Jill Olumide argues that we must examine the contradictions inherent in the term 'mixed race' in order to reach a fuller understanding of the variety in human experience and identity." "Olumide demonstates that there are distinctive features of mixed race experience that span time and place. By comparing contemporary experiences of mixed race, collected through a series of interviews and workshops, with those of past populations in different parts of the world, she explains how its meaning alters with national boundary, historical context, class, gender and ethnicity. Showing how different communities are linked by social ambiguity, dependency and the denial of social space, she reveals that mixed race is essentially a conditional state. The underlying ideology that defines each community is therefore subject to frequent transformation in the face of social, economic and political change." "As mixed race groups across the world call for the right of self-definition, this book reveals that it is through understanding the plurality of the category of mixed race that we are best able to transcend the idea of 'race' and challenge the racial axes of social division. The book includes an examination of the folklore around racism and anti-racism, and the agencies through which ideologies of race are propagated, including social welfare groups, religious groups, scientific texts, and the family."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 212 p. :
- Contents
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- A spell to make them balance : introduction
- The hall of mirrors : structures of power
- Parallel fictions : writing about mixed race
- Changing illusions : some excerpts from the history of mixed race
- Behind the facade : race mixing
- The balancing act : race separating
- The foundation of order : social origins of mixed race
- Communities to conjure with : concluding remarks
- Isbn
- 9780745317656
- Label
- Raiding the gene pool : the social construction of mixed race
- Title
- Raiding the gene pool
- Title remainder
- the social construction of mixed race
- Statement of responsibility
- Jill Olumide
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "High profile 'mixed race' stars like Tiger Woods have brought the politics of identity into the mainstream. Jill Olumide argues that we must examine the contradictions inherent in the term 'mixed race' in order to reach a fuller understanding of the variety in human experience and identity." "Olumide demonstates that there are distinctive features of mixed race experience that span time and place. By comparing contemporary experiences of mixed race, collected through a series of interviews and workshops, with those of past populations in different parts of the world, she explains how its meaning alters with national boundary, historical context, class, gender and ethnicity. Showing how different communities are linked by social ambiguity, dependency and the denial of social space, she reveals that mixed race is essentially a conditional state. The underlying ideology that defines each community is therefore subject to frequent transformation in the face of social, economic and political change." "As mixed race groups across the world call for the right of self-definition, this book reveals that it is through understanding the plurality of the category of mixed race that we are best able to transcend the idea of 'race' and challenge the racial axes of social division. The book includes an examination of the folklore around racism and anti-racism, and the agencies through which ideologies of race are propagated, including social welfare groups, religious groups, scientific texts, and the family."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Olumide, Jill
- Dewey number
- 305.8
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HT1523
- LC item number
- .O45 2002
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Race
- Race
- Racially mixed people
- Label
- Raiding the gene pool : the social construction of mixed race, Jill Olumide
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-204) and index
- Contents
- A spell to make them balance : introduction -- The hall of mirrors : structures of power -- Parallel fictions : writing about mixed race -- Changing illusions : some excerpts from the history of mixed race -- Behind the facade : race mixing -- The balancing act : race separating -- The foundation of order : social origins of mixed race -- Communities to conjure with : concluding remarks
- Control code
- 47767308
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 212 p. :
- Isbn
- 9780745317656
- Lccn
- 2001004855
- Label
- Raiding the gene pool : the social construction of mixed race, Jill Olumide
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-204) and index
- Contents
- A spell to make them balance : introduction -- The hall of mirrors : structures of power -- Parallel fictions : writing about mixed race -- Changing illusions : some excerpts from the history of mixed race -- Behind the facade : race mixing -- The balancing act : race separating -- The foundation of order : social origins of mixed race -- Communities to conjure with : concluding remarks
- Control code
- 47767308
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 212 p. :
- Isbn
- 9780745317656
- Lccn
- 2001004855
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