Winner of the 2018 British Sociological Association Philip Abrams
Memorial Prize. Whilst scholarship has increasingly moved to consider
mixedness and the experiences of mixed-race people, there has been a
notable lack of attention to the specific experiences of mixed-race
men. This is despite growing recognition of the particular ways race
and gender intersect. By centring the accounts of Black mixed-race men
in the United Kingdom and United States, this book offers a timely
intervention that extends the theoretical terrain of race and
ethnicity scholarship and of studies of gender and masculinities. As
it treads new and important ground, this book draws upon theories of
performativity and hybridity in order to understand how Black
mixed-race men constitute and reconstitute complex and multiplicitous
identities. ‘Post-racial’ conditions mean that Black mixed-race
men engage in such processes in a context where the significance of
race and racism is rendered invisible and denied. By introducing the
theoretical concept of ‘post-racial’ resilience, this study
strives to capture and celebrate the contemporary, creative and
innovative ways in which Black mixed-race men refuse the fragmentation
and erasure of their identities. As it does so, the author offers a
corrective to popular representations that have too readily
pathologized Black mixed-race men. Focusing on the everyday through a
discussion of Black mixed-race men’s racial symbolism, experiences
of racial microaggressions, and interactions with peers, Black
Mixed-Race Men: Transatlanticity, Hybridity and Post-Racial Resilience
offers an in-depth insight into a previously neglected area of
scholarship.
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Transatlanticity, Hybridity and 'Post-Racial' Resilience
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781787565319
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Emerald Publishing Ltd.
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter