Black No More? The Recent Recognition of Mixed-Race Identity

• Authors: Joanna Chojnowska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

PL

Artykuł omawia relatywnie niedawną zmianę, jaka zaszła w kategoryzacji tożsamości rasowej w USA. Tradycyjnie postrzegani i identyfikujący się jako podgrupa Afroamerykanów zgodnie z zasadą „jednej kropli krwi”, dawni „Mulaci” zyskali w ciągu ostatnich dziesięcioleci nowe możliwości definiowania swej tożsamości rasowej dzięki teoriom postetniczności i hybrydowości, tożsamości „new mestiza” i wpływom świata latynoskiego. Jednocześnieujawniły się głosy krytyki wobec porzucenia esencjalistycznego postrzegania rasowości. Porównując przeciwstawne stanowiska w tej sprawie, artykuł przedstawia różne możliwości (auto)identyfikacji rasowej w USA.

Keywords

EN

Mulatto; multiracialism; African American culture; African American literature; passing

• Publisher: Wydział Neofilologii, Uniwersytet Warszawski
• Journal: Acta Philologica
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 45
• Pages: 78-84

Contributors

author

Joanna Chojnowska

• Instytut Anglistyki, Wydział Neofilologii, Uniwersytet Warszawski

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