Mixed Race Identities [electronic resource] /
Aspinall, P.author.
Song, M.author.
This book explores the ethnic and racial options exercised by young mixed race people in Britain. It reveals the diverse ways in which young people identify and experience their mixed status, the complex nature of such identities, and the rise of other identity strands which are now challenging race and ethnicity as dominant and salient identities.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgments -- Exploring "mixed race" in Britain -- Racial identification : multiplicity and fluidity -- Differential ethnic options? -- Does racial mismatch in identification matter? -- Are mixed race people racially disadvantaged? -- How central is "race" to mixed race people? -- Rethinking ethnic and racial classifications -- Conclusion: What is the future of "mixed race" Britain? -- References.
This book explores the ethnic and racial options exercised by young mixed race people in Britain. It reveals the diverse ways in which young people identify and experience their mixed status, the complex nature of such identities, and the rise of other identity strands which are now challenging race and ethnicity as dominant and salient identities.
Families.
Families—Social aspects.
Ethnicity.
Social policy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Youth—Social life and customs.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Family.
Ethnicity Studies.
Social Policy.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Youth Culture.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.