In the Shadow of Race: Growing Up As A Multiethnic, Multicultural, and "Multiracial" American

By Teja Arboldea and Teja Arboleda

My father's father was Filipino-Chinese... My father's mother was African American-Native American... My mother's father was German-Danish... My mother's mother was German... I was born in Brooklyn, New York, but I grew up in Japan... For once it's not just black and white. In this compelling chronicle of his journey through life as a multicultural and multiethnic American, Teja Arboleda uniquely and personally challenges institutionalized notions of race, culture, ethnicity, and class. Arboleda has presented his story around the United States through his one-man performance-lecture Ethnic Man Now, in this book, he fleshes out the depth of his experience as a culturally and racially mixed American, illustrating throughout the enigma of cultural and racial identity and the American identity crisis. To facilitate its use as a course text, In the Shadow of Race is offered with a Teacher's Guide written by Christine Clark. Topics for discussion include: * the social construction of race; * racial separatism vs. diversity; * racial, ethnic, and cultural identity development; * the politics of racial categorization; * mixed "race" peoples; * cultural identity vs. identity by heritage; * the concept of a "cultural home;" and * changing identities within cultures.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805825754
• ISBN13: 9780805825756
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"