In the Shadow of Race - Growing Up As A Multiethnic, Multicultural, and "Multiracial" American (Electronic book text)


My father's father was Filipino-Chinese...My father's mother was African American-Native American...My mother's father was German-Danish...My mother's mother was German...I was born in Brooklyn, New York, but I grew up in Japan...For once it's not just black and white. In this compelling chronicle of his journey through life as a multicultural and multiethnic American, Teja Arboleda uniquely and personally challenges institutionalized notions of race, culture, ethnicity, and class. Arboleda has presented his story around the United States through his one-man performance-lecture Ethnic Man! Now, in this book, he fleshes out the depth of his experience as a culturally and racially mixed American, illustrating throughout the enigma of cultural and racial identity and the American identity crisis. To facilitate its use as a course text, In the Shadow of Race is offered with a Teacher's Guide written by Christine Clark. Topics for discussion include: * the social construction of race; * racial separatism vs. diversity; * racial, ethnic, and cultural identity development; * the politics of racial categorization; * mixed "race" peoples; * cultural identity vs. identity by heritage; * the concept of a "cultural home;" and * changing identities within cultures.

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My father's father was Filipino-Chinese...My father's mother was African American-Native American...My mother's father was German-Danish...My mother's mother was German...I was born in Brooklyn, New York, but I grew up in Japan...For once it's not just black and white. In this compelling chronicle of his journey through life as a multicultural and multiethnic American, Teja Arboleda uniquely and personally challenges institutionalized notions of race, culture, ethnicity, and class. Arboleda has presented his story around the United States through his one-man performance-lecture Ethnic Man! Now, in this book, he fleshes out the depth of his experience as a culturally and racially mixed American, illustrating throughout the enigma of cultural and racial identity and the American identity crisis. To facilitate its use as a course text, In the Shadow of Race is offered with a Teacher's Guide written by Christine Clark. Topics for discussion include: * the social construction of race; * racial separatism vs. diversity; * racial, ethnic, and cultural identity development; * the politics of racial categorization; * mixed "race" peoples; * cultural identity vs. identity by heritage; * the concept of a "cultural home;" and * changing identities within cultures.

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Routledge

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

June 1998

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First published

1998

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Electronic book text

Pages

280

ISBN-13

978-1-135-68574-4

Barcode

9781135685744

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1-135-68574-6



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