{"product_id":"mixing-it-up-multiracial-subjects-paperback","title":"Mixing It Up: Multiracial Subjects - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSansan Kwan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe United States Census 2000 presents a twenty-first century America in which mixed-race marriages, cross-race adoption, and multiracial families in general are challenging the ethnic definitions by which the nation has historically categorized its population. Addressing a wide spectrum of questions raised by this rich new cultural landscape, \u003ci\u003eMixing It Up\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the observations of ten noted voices who have experienced multiracialism first-hand.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Naomi Zack's \"American Mixed Race: The United States 2000 Census and Related Issues\" to Cathy Irwin and Sean Metzger's \"Keeping Up Appearances: Ethnic Alien-Nation in Female Solo Performance,\" this diverse collection spans the realities of multiculturalism in compelling new analysis. Arguing that society's discomfort with multiracialism has been institutionalized throughout history, whether through the \"one drop\" rule or media depictions, SanSan Kwan and Kenneth Speirs reflect on the means by which the monoracial lens is slowly being replaced.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eItself a hybrid of memoir, history, and sociological theory, \u003ci\u003eMixing It Up\u003c\/i\u003e makes it clear why the identity politics of previous decades have little relevance to the fluid new face of contemporary humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSansan Kwan is Assistant Professor of Performance Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. Kenneth Speirs is Assistant Professor of English at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 209\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.94 x 5.94 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724372217919,"sku":"9780292743458","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8ec17a5e1ea18206bb29be9429928887_04d31f91-b7e6-4ad9-9df3-6f59d806e548.webp?v=1765102432","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/mixing-it-up-multiracial-subjects-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}