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We are always in negotiation, not with a single set of oppositions that place us always in the same relation to others, but with a series of different positionalities. Each has for us its point of profound subjective identification. And that is the most difficult thing. -Stuart Hall, "What Is This 'Black' in Black Popular Culture?" We began with the future. The origins of this collection are rooted in our imaginings of the future for people of mixed race. We are a newly married couple. We are also an interracial couple. When our thoughts occasionally, and excitedly, roam toward future events and experiences, we find ourselves wondering about our children. How will they live? How will they understand what it means to be both "Asian" and "White"? How will they choose to identify themselves? How will they be identified by others? How will these identifications influence their lives? From these personal considerations of the future, we were moved to know more about the experiences of other mixed-race individuals. Mixing It Up: Multiracial Subjects is the result of our inquiry. We gather here ten autobiographical essays that narrate, from a personal perspective, the very diverse experie

Who reads Mixing It Up : Multiracial Subjects?

Author

SanSan Kwan (editor); Kenneth Speirs (editor); Naomi Zack (editor)

Publisher

Austin : University Of Texas Press, C2004.

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780292705852

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Literary Fiction, Memoir