Fading Out Black and White : Racial Ambiguity in American Culture
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1786602555
ISBN-13
9781786602558
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Rowman & Littlefield International
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 31st, 2018
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
358 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 22.80 x 2.80 cms
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This insightful provocative glimpse at identity formation in the US reviews the new frontier of race and looks back at the archaism of the one-drop rule that is unique to America.
What happens to a country that was built on race when the boundaries of black and white have started to fade? Not only is the literal face of America changing where white will no longer be the majority, but the belief in the firmness of these categories and the boundaries that have been drawn is also disintegrating. In a nuanced reading of culture in a post Obama America, this book asks what will become of the racial categories of black and white in an increasingly multi-ethnic, racially ambiguous, and culturally fluid country. Through readings of sites of cultural friction such as the media frenzy around ‘transracial’ Rachel Dolezal, the new popularity of racially ambiguous dolls, and the confusion over Obama’s race, Fading Out Black and White explores the contemporary construction of race. This insightful, provocative glimpse at identity formation in the US reviews the new frontier of race and looks back at the archaism of the one-drop rule that is unique to America.
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