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Book SynopsisOffers fresh theoretical and methodological insights into biculturalism as a reality in many socieities. This work presents a variety of methodological strategies and techniques case studies, autoethnography, content analysis, participant observation, the national survey, and structured and unstructured interviews.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The bicultural self. Towards a theory of biculturalism. Biculturalism and the dialectics of identity. Juggling with two cultures: transnationalism and hybridity as cultural outcomes of immigration for Haitians in the United States. German and Japanese transnational migrants in America: Biculturalism in comparative perspective. Fannie Barrier Williams, biculturalism, and the African American experience, 1887–1926. Tripping the White fantastic: Navigating the politics of dislocation and bicultural authenticity in academe. Spanish language and Latino ethnicity in children's television programs. Integration and the formation of ethnic identity among South Asian immigrants in Norway. Status maximization, hypodescent theory, or social identity theory? A theoretical approach to understanding the racial identification of multiracial adolescents. Autobiographic notes on becoming musically bicultural. List of Contributors. Research in race and ethnic relations. Biculturalism, self identity and societal transformation. Copyright page.
