Fading Out Black and White - Kingstone, Lisa Simone
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What happens to a country that was built on race when the boundaries of black and white have started to fade? Not only is the literal face of America changing where white will no longer be the majority, but the belief in the firmness of these categories and the boundaries that have been drawn is also disintegrating. In a nuanced reading of culture in a post Obama America, this book asks what will become of the racial categories of black and white in an increasingly multi-ethnic, racially ambiguous, and culturally fluid country. Through readings of sites of cultural friction such as the media…mehr

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What happens to a country that was built on race when the boundaries of black and white have started to fade? Not only is the literal face of America changing where white will no longer be the majority, but the belief in the firmness of these categories and the boundaries that have been drawn is also disintegrating. In a nuanced reading of culture in a post Obama America, this book asks what will become of the racial categories of black and white in an increasingly multi-ethnic, racially ambiguous, and culturally fluid country. Through readings of sites of cultural friction such as the media frenzy around 'transracial' Rachel Dolezal, the new popularity of racially ambiguous dolls, and the confusion over Obama's race, Fading Out Black and White explores the contemporary construction of race. This insightful, provocative glimpse at identity formation in the US reviews the new frontier of race and looks back at the archaism of the one-drop rule that is unique to America.
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Lisa Kingstone received her BA from Barnard College, her MA from Columbia University and her Doctorate from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in English Literature. Before joining the Kings School of Global Affairs in February of 2013 as a teaching fellow, she taught English Literature at the University of Connecticut from 2003-2012. She has broad teaching experience across 19th and 20th century English literature with an interest in Race and Identity in the United States as well as trauma narrative in 20th century Modernism. A professional writer and editor as well as an academic, Kingstone's stories, cultural critiques, author profiles, film and book reviews have appeared in a variety of publications. These include The Hartford Courant, Connecticut Magazine, Hadassah Magazine, and Publishers Weekly. She received a grant from Culture at King's for her project African Diaspora Artists of the 21st Century (ADA21).