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Red and Yellow, Black and Brown gathers together life stories and analysis by twelve contributors who express and seek to understand the often very different dynamics that exist for mixed race people who are not part white. The chapters focus on the social, psychological, and political situations of mixed race people who have links to two or more peoples of color- Chinese and Mexican, Asian and Black, Native American and African American, South Asian and Filipino, Black and Latino/a and so on. Red and Yellow, Black and Brown addresses questions surrounding the meanings and communication of racial identities in dual or multiple minority situations and the editors highlight the theoretical implications of this fresh approach to racial studies.

Racially mixed people --- Ethnicity --- white, whiteness, black, african american, blackness, american indian, native american, asian, asian american, american, identity, nationalism, national identity, ethnicity, race, non-white, racial identity, minority, racial studies, people of color, mixed race. --- Multiracial people

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Although some of Henry James's contemporary critics deemed him just short of a great writer, history has elevated him to indisputable preeminence in the American canon. Linda Simon chronicles and analyzes James criticism beginning with contemporary newspaper and magazine reviews and ending with current academic criticism. The story begins in the 1870s, when critics saw James's works as mirrors of American identity and sought to establish him in the nation's evolving canon. James himself worked to secure that place with his prefaces to the standard edition of his works; Simon analyzes criticism about those prefaces. She also shows how James's reputation became contested after his death: praised by some critics for psychological insight and stylistic innovation, he was dismissed by others as socially and politically irrelevant. But beginning in the 1940s, such critics as Trilling, Rahv, Leavis, and, most influentially, Leon Edel secured James's place at the forefront of the American canon. More recently, James scholarship has focused on sexuality and gender, race and morality, and the nature of consciousness; critical trends Simon also considers. This book, the only comprehensive overview of James criticism over the past 140 years, helps readers understand the paths that that criticism has taken and how scholars and critics have built upon past work. Linda Simon is Professor of English at Skidmore College and Editor-in-Chief of 'William James Studies.' Her books include 'Genuine Reality: A Life of William James,' which was a 'New York Times' Notable Book of 1998.

James, Henry, --- Criticism and interpretation --- History. --- James, Henry --- History --- Dzheĭms, G. --- Dzheĭms, Genri, --- Jeimsŭ, Henri, --- Джеймс, Генри, --- ג׳יימס, הנרי, --- ג׳ײמס, הנרי, --- Τζειος, Χενρι, --- ‏جميس، هينري،‏ --- جيمز، هنرى --- LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. --- American Canon. --- American Identity. --- American Writer. --- Canonization. --- Henry James. --- Literary Criticism. --- Psychological Insight. --- Social and Political Relevance. --- Stylistic Innovation.

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Reflet des débats actuels dans les champs croisés des Études afro-américaines et des Études diasporiques, ces essais critiques et études de cas explorent l’articulation entre les concepts fluctuants de « race » et de diaspora et les négociations des identités au-delà des différences. Ils étudient tour à tour l’évolution de l’(inter)nationalisme noir au sein de la Diaspora, les nouveaux discours sur la post-racialité et la notion de « postblackness », la conscience raciale chez les soldats afro-américains, l’expatriation et la re-diasporisation. Le constat d’un rejet de l’africanité au sein de sociétés telles que les Émirats, le Maroc ou la République dominicaine entre en relation avec les analyses d’œuvres d’art au prisme d’une conscience diasporique et de textes littéraires qui disent l’internationalisme ou subvertissent la notion de « race ». James Baldwin dialogue alors avec Percival Everett. Reflecting current debates in the intersecting fields of African American Studies and African Diaspora, these critical essays and case studies explore the articulation between the fluctuating concepts of ‘race’ and Diaspora and the negotiations of identities across differences. They examine in turn the developments of diasporic black (inter)nationalism, new discourses on ‘postraciality’ and ‘postblackness’, race consciousness among African American soldiers, expatriation and re-diasporization. The acknowledgement of a rejection of Africanness in societies such as the Emirates, Morocco or the Dominican Republic dialogues with examinations of artwork through the lenses of a diasporic consciousness and analyses of literary texts that celebrate internationalism or subvert the notion of ‘race’. James Baldwin thus converses with Percival Everett.

Social Issues --- race --- études afro-américaines --- diaspora noire --- afrique noire --- post-racialité --- postblackness --- identité afro-américaine --- identité noire --- expatriation --- afro-américaine --- internationalisme noir --- African-American studies --- Black diaspora --- Black Africa --- post-raciality --- post-blackness --- African-American identity --- Black identity --- African-American --- Black internationalism

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Ranging from Los Angeles to Havana to the Bronx to the U.S.-Mexico border and from klezmer to hip hop to Latin rock, this groundbreaking book injects popular music into contemporary debates over American identity. Josh Kun insists that America is not a single chorus of many voices folded into one, but rather various republics of sound that represent multiple stories of racial and ethnic difference. To this end he covers a range of music and listeners to evoke the ways that popular sounds have expanded our idea of American culture and American identity. Artists as diverse as The Weavers, Café Tacuba, Mickey Katz, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Bessie Smith, and Ozomatli reveal that the song of America is endlessly hybrid, heterogeneous, and enriching-a source of comfort and strength for populations who have been taught that their lives do not matter. Kun melds studies of individual musicians with studies of painters such as Jean-Michel Basquiat and of writers such as Walt Whitman, James Baldwin, and Langston Hughes. There is no history of race in the Americas that is not a history of popular music, Kun claims. Inviting readers to listen closely and critically, Audiotopia forges a new understanding of sound that will stoke debates about music, race, identity, and culture for many years to come.

Popular music --- Music --- Multiculturalism --- History and criticism. --- Social aspects --- america. --- american culture. --- american identity. --- american studies. --- art and music. --- artists. --- bronx. --- critical analysis. --- cultural studies. --- discussion books. --- ethnic demographic studies. --- ethnic differences. --- ethnic minorities. --- havana. --- hip hop. --- klezmer. --- latin rock. --- literary movements. --- los angeles. --- modern history. --- music and culture. --- music historians. --- music history. --- music lovers. --- music studies. --- music. --- nonfiction. --- popular music. --- race issues. --- racial history. --- racial issues. --- retrospective. --- us borders.

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Identifying music as a vital site of cultural debate, Struggling to Define a Nation captures the dynamic, contested nature of musical life in the United States. In an engaging blend of music analysis and cultural critique, Charles Hiroshi Garrett examines a dazzling array of genres-including art music, jazz, popular song, ragtime, and Hawaiian music-and numerous well-known musicians, such as Charles Ives, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Irving Berlin. Garrett argues that rather than a single, unified vision, an exploration of the past century reveals a contested array of musical perspectives on the nation, each one advancing a different facet of American identity through sound.

Nationalism in music. --- Music --- Nationalism and music --- National music --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism --- 20th century american culture. --- 20th century american music. --- american culture. --- american identity. --- american music. --- american musical imagination. --- art music. --- bands. --- charles ives. --- chinatown. --- cultural debate. --- cultural studies. --- great migration. --- hawaiian music. --- irving berlin. --- jazz music. --- jelly roll morton. --- live entertainment. --- louis armstrong. --- music. --- musical orientalism. --- musical perspectives. --- musicians. --- musicology. --- popular song. --- ragtime. --- spanish tinge. --- true american music. --- united states of america.