Half and half : writers on growing up biracial and bicultural /
edited and with an introduction by Claudine C. O'Hearn.
Bok Engelsk 1998 · Electronic books
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| Utgitt | New York : : Pantheon Books, , c1998.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (xiv, 272 p. )
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Lost in place / Garrett Hongo -- The mulatto millennium / Danzy Senna -- The double helix / Roxane Farmanfarmaian -- California palms / lê thi diem thúy -- Moro like me / Francisco Goldman -- The road from Ballygunge / Bharati Mukherjee -- Reflections on my daughter / David Mura -- Life as an alien / Meri Nana-Ama Danquah -- Lost in the middle / Malcolm Gladwell -- The funeral banquet / Lisa See -- A white woman of color / Julia Álvarez -- A middle passage / Philippe Wamba -- Food and the immigrant / Indira Ganesan -- What color is Jesus? / James McBride -- Postcards from "home" / Lori Tsang --From here to Poland / Nina Mehta -- Technicolor / Rubén Martínez -- An ethnic Trump / Gish Jen.. - Eighteen biracial and bicultural writers address the difficulties and benefits of growing up different in the United States. As we approach the twenty-first century, biracialism and biculturalism are becoming increasingly common. Skin color and place of birth are no longer reliable signifiers of one's identity or origin. Simple questions like What are you? and Where are you from? aren't answered -- they are discussed. These eighteen essays, joined by a shared sense of duality, address the difficulties of not fitting into and the benefits of being part of two worlds. Through the lens of personal experience, they offer a broader spectrum of meaning for race and culture. And in the process, they map a new ethnic terrain that transcends racial and cultural division. - Publisher.
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| ISBN | 0-307-48576-5. - 1-299-11011-8
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