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"What is it like to be racially mixed in Britain? Is it different to be mixed Black and White than to be mixed Chinese and Indian? Do such people see themselves as multiracial, or do they hew to one of their ancestral identities? If other Britons see mixed people differently than they see themselves, is that a problem? In an era when more and more people are mating and marrying across formerly forbidden lines, and when mixed identity is a real option, how significant is race anyway? What is the future for multiracial people - and what is the future for race - in the UK? Peter Aspinall and Miri Song have answers to these questions and many more, based on systematic, wide-ranging social scientific research. Their conclusions are presented in lucid prose amid a wealth of survey data and compelling personal stories. This is an essential book for understanding mixed race in Britain." - Paul Spickard, Professor of History, University of California, USA
"If anyone asks what the next step in the research on multiraciality is, tell them to read Aspinall and Song. This is the next step." -David L. Brunsma, Professor of Sociology, Virginia Tech, USA
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Miri Song is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, UK. She is the author of Choosing Ethnic Identity and Helping Out: Children's Labor in Ethnic Businesses, as well as several co-edited volumes concerning 'mixed race' people and their experiences.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mixed Race Identities
Authors: Peter Aspinall, Miri Song
Series Title: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318893
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-27504-1Published: 26 July 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-32462-0Published: 01 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31889-3Published: 26 July 2013
Series ISSN: 2947-7786
Series E-ISSN: 2947-7794
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 218
Topics: Family, Ethnicity Studies, Social Policy, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Youth Culture, Social Structure, Social Inequality