Scattered belongings
Subtitle: cultural paradoxes of "race," nation and gender
By: Jayne O. Ifekwunigwe.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Racially mixed people; Ethnicity; Pluralism (Social sciences); Race relations; Identity (Psychology)
Description: "When the golfer Tiger Woods proclaimed himself a "Caublinasian", affirming his mixed Caucasian, Black, Native American and Asian ancestry, a storm of controversy was created in a world still perceived in terms of "black" and "white." This book is about ordinary lives facing similar dilemmas of racial identity, of belonging and not belonging. It tells the stories of six women of mixed African/ African Caribbean and white European heritage to show how the often painful experience of being a stranger in two cultures can be named and celebrated. Jayne Ifekwunigwe explores the cultural and historical roots of the popular discourses of race. She analyzes the problem of theorizing mixed racial and/or cultural identity in a global context, always relating it to the real-life experiences of these women"--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-214) and index.