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Claiming Place Biracial Young Adults of the Post-Civil Rights Era
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Marion Kilson
ISBN: 0-89789-760-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-760-0
208 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 11/30/2000
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £76.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Born in the 1960s, the middle-class Biracial Americans of this study are part of a transitional cohort between the hidden biracial generations of the past and the visible blended generations of the future. As individuals, they have variously dealt with their ambiguous status in American society; as a generation, they share common existential realities in relation to White culture.

During the last decade of the 20th century public awareness of mixed race Americans increased significantly, in no small part because there has been a substantial increase in interracial marriages and offspring since 1960. This study, based on ethnographic interviews, provides an historical overview of the study of Biracial Americans in the social sciences, a sociological profile of project participants, sociocultural discussions of family and race as well as racial identity choices, and examinations of racial realities in adult lives and of recurrent systemic and personal life themes. The textual part of the book demonstrates the diversity of perception and experience regarding race and identity of these biracial young adults. The Epilogue not only reviews major findings pertaining to this transitional generation of Biracial Americans but discusses biraciality and the deconstruction of race in contemporary American society. An extensive bibliography of popular and scholarly sources concludes the book.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Biracial American Experience in Post-Civil Rights Era
    Biracial Americans
    Biracial Americans and Their Families
    Biracial American Identity Choices
    Racial Realities in Adult Biracial American Lives
    Biracial American Life Themes
    Biracial American Voices
    Development of Racial Identities
    Childhood Memories of Race
    Family Relationships Remembered
    Assessments of Biracial American Experiences
    Epilogue
    Bibliography
About the Author: MARION KILSON is Dean of the Graduate School, Salem State College, Massachusetts./e
LCC Class: 305
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