Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America - Softcover

Kerry Ann Rockquemore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742560554 ISBN 13: 9780742560550

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

Beyond Black is a groundbreaking study of the dynamic meaning of racial identity for multiracial people in post-Civil Rights America. Kerry Ann Rockquemore and David Brunsma document the wide range of racial identities that individuals with one Black and one White parent develop, and they provide a incisive sociological explanation of the choices facing those who are multiracial. Stemming from the controversy of the 2000 Census and whether an additional 'multiracial' category should be added to the survey, this second edition of Beyond Black uses both survey data and interviews of multiracial young adults to explore the contemporary dynamics of racial identity formation. The authors raise even larger social and political questions posed by expanding racial categorization on the U.S. Census.

About this title

About the Author:

Kerry Ann Rockquemore is associate professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and coauthor of Raising Biracial Children. David L. Brunsma is associate professor of sociology at the University of Missouri-Columbia and coeditor of The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe.

Review:

Beyond Black is a theoretically innovative and methodologically perceptive analysis of how race is understood, interpreted, and managed in the post-Civil Rights United States. Through their interdisciplinary approach, Brunsma and Rockquemore create a standout book in multiracial literature. Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America is essential reading for understanding race. (France Winddance Twine, professor of sociology at University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of Racism in a Racial Democracy: The Maintenance o)

Brunsma and Rockquemore deliver a powerful and pioneering work that sets the standard for research on multiracial people. Beyond Black challenges the reader to confront the complexities of multiracial identity and acknowledge the larger racial picture. (Erica Chito Childs, assistant professor of sociology at Hunter College, CUNY and author ofNavigating Interracial Borders: Black-White Couples and Th)

To anyone pondering what boxes to check when the census arrives on their doorstep, Beyond Black offers a provocative analysis of the meaning of "race" in the United States, the social construction of racial categories and biracial identities, and the complex contexts that shape them. Deeply considered and well researched, Beyond Black is recommended reading for students, scholars and policymakers alike. (Rubén G. Rumbaut, professor of sociology, University of California, Irvine and coauthor of Immigrant America: A Portrait and Legacies: The Story o)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0742560554
• ISBN 13: 9780742560550
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 220