1st Edition

Making Mixed Race A Study of Time, Place and Identity

By Karis Campion Copyright 2022
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

By examining Black mixed-race identities in the city through a series of historical vantage points, Making Mixed Race provides in-depth insights into the geographical and historical contexts that shape the possibilities and constraints for identifications. Whilst popular representations of mixed-race often conceptualise it as a contemporary phenomenon and are couched in discourses of... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Introducing Birmingham

3. The making of mixed-race in place

4. From bun down Babylon to melting pot Britain: the manifestations of mixed-race over time

5. Mixed-race privilege and precarious positionalities: the personal politics of identity

6. The making of mixed-race families: past, present and future

7. Conclusion

Biography

Karis Campion is a Legacy in Action Research Fellow at the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre, De Montfort University. Her main research interests span areas of (mixed) race/ethnic identity and geographies of race in urban space.