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Overview"While pundits point to multiracial Americans as new evidence of a harmonious ethnic melting pot, in reality mixed race peoples have long existed in the United States. Rather than characterize multiracial Americans as a ""new"" population, this book argues that instead we should view them as individuals who reflect a new culture of racial identification. Today, identities such as ""biracial"" or ""swirlies"" are evoked alongside those more established racial categories of white, black Asian and Latino. What is significant about multiracial identities is that they communicate an alternative viewpoint about race: that a person's preferred self-identification should be used to define a person's race. Yet this definition of race is a distinct contrast to historic norms which has defined race as a category assigned to a person based on certain social rules which emphasized things like phenotype, being ""one-drop"" of African blood or heritage. In Multiracial Identity and Racial Politics in the United States, Natalie Masuoka catalogues how this cultural shift from assigning race to perceiving race as a product of personal identification came about by tracing events over the course of the twentieth century. Masuoka uses a variety of sources including in-depth interviews, public opinion surveys and census data to understand how certain individuals embrace the agency of self-identification and choose to assert multiracial identities. At the same time, the book shows that the meaning and consequences of multiracial identification can only be understood when contrasted against those who identify as white, black Asian or Latino. An included case study on President Barack Obama also shows how multiracial identity narratives can be strategically used to reduce anti-black bias among voters. Therefore, rather than looking at multiracial Americans as a harbinger of dramatic change for American race relations, this Multiracial Identity and Racial Politics in the United States shows that narratives promoting multiracial identities are in direct dialogue with, rather than in replacement of, the longstanding racial order." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Natalie Masuoka (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, Tufts University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 16.30cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9780190657468ISBN 10: 0190657464 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 26 October 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsCHAPTER 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 AppendicesReviewsHighly recommended. --CHOICE """Highly recommended."" --CHOICE" Author InformationNatalie 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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