Ralina L Joseph

Transcending Blackness

From the New Millennium Mulatta to the Exceptional Multiracial

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Produktbeschreibung

Analyzing representations of multiracial figures in popular culture, Ralina L. Joseph identifies two widespread stereotypes of mixed-race African Americans: those of "the new millennium mulattas" and "the exceptional multiracials."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780822352778
• ISBN-10: 082235277X
• Artikelnr.: 35687307

Autorenporträt

Ralina L. Joseph is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Washington.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. From Biracial to Multiracial to Mixed-Race to Critical Mixed-Race
Studies ix
Introduction. Reading Mixed-Race African American Representations in the
New Millennium 1
Part I: The New Millennium Mulatta
1. Televising the Bad Race Girl: Jennifer Beals on The L Word, the Race
Card, and the Punishment of Mixed-Race Blackness 37
2. The Sad Race Girl: Passing and the New Millennium Mulatta in Danzy
Senna's Caucasia 67
Part II: The Exceptional Multiracial
3. Transitioning to the Exceptional Multiracial: Escaping Tragedy through
Black Transcendence in Mixing Nia 95
4. Recursive Racial Transformation: Selling the Exceptional Multiracial on
America's Next Top Model 125
Conclusion. Racist Jokes and the Exceptional Multiracial, or Why
Transcending Blackness Is a Terrible Proposition 155
Notes 173
Bibliography 201
Index 219