Argues that Irish American masculinity functioned to negotiate, consolidate, and reinforce hegemonic whiteness in Hollywood cinema from 1930 to 1960.

Explores the links between language, cultural identity, and creativity through the works of Emanuel Carnevali, one of the first Italian American authors to attain literary recognition.

Makes the case for a distinctly Sicilian American literature.

Philosophers consider race and racism from the perspective of lived, bodily experience.

Demonstrates how written and visual representations worked to construct definitions of ethnicity in midcentury America.

Late eighteenth-century writings on race by Kant and four of his contemporaries.

Fascinating look at the challenges faced by John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama in their quests to win the presidency.

Geographical perspectives on the changing patterns of race and ethnicity in the United States.

Examines the project of Filipino self-determination in the context of capitalist globalization.

A look at the Latino experience in the American South using data from Richmond, Virginia.

Explores how Cuban Americans negotiate bicultural identities through cultural production.

Shows how Ozick’s characters attempt to mediate a complex Jewish identity, one that bridges the differences between traditional Judaism and secular American culture.

Demonstrates the many devastating and interrelated threats that punitive policies like “zero tolerance” pose to youth, schooling, and democracy.

Compelling stories and striking photographs illustrate the challenges and highlights of Latino/a life in Portland, Maine.

Offers a detailed picture of the lives of Cuban Americans through interviews with artists, writers, and philosophers.

Explores personal and professional issues in the study of race, gender, and culture.

Portrays the diverse experiences and identities of mixed race college students.

A provocative analysis of current thought and discourse on multiracialism.

Provides an overview of the past, present, and future of Italian American culture.

From mascots to half-time shows to media coverage, Beyond the Cheers critically and honestly assesses the role of race in big time college sports.

Explores the ways in which Jewish American poetry engages persistent questions of modern Jewish identity.

Presents the theoretical dimension of three decades of research on African-derived concepts of helping.

Offers a new way of reading Asian American and Asian Diaspora literatures, thereby addressing an overlapping lacuna in ethnic, postcolonial, and area studies: the construction of immigrant subjectivities.

Throughout the world, certain ethnic groups have made a living through trade and have found a place for themselves in their societies' middle strata. At times, these 'middlemen minorities' have aroused ...

This book provides a unique study in social and cultural psychiatry, carried out in an African-American community in the rural South. Using a combination of concepts and methods from anthropology and ...

Based on data from some of the larger black communities in the U. S., this book shows the impact of both individual and environmental influences on black homicide. While it primarily addresses black-on-black ...

This book is a study of the relationship between ethnicity and socioeconomic status. it is the first to empirically study both the white and nonwhite underclass. Jiobu uses United States census data on ...

This is a study of the main ethnic groups in California and is the only study that offers a direct comparison of these various ethnic groups. The author presents the thesis that the upward mobility of ...