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Mixed An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience by W. W. Norton,2006, Binding: Paperback
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A greater awareness of multiracial people is underway. Dozens of web sites devoted to multiracial issues have sprung up across the Internet, and they are frequented by tens of thousands of new visitors each year. Celebrities of mixed-race are now mainstays of music and movies. Think Halle Berry, Norah Jones, and Lenny Kravitz. Multiracial sports stars like Derek Jeter and Tiger Woods continue to snag the spotlight. In fact, in a country that is undeniably race-conscious, multiracial people are well on their way to being focal rather than peripheral.
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The old adage is that writers should write about what they know. In Mixed, this is precisely what they do. Multiracial authors draw upon their own experiences in identity negotiation as they construct their prose. Because multiracial people are united only by the fact that they not easily categorizeable, the stories in this collection are as divergent as the writers themselves. Yet when taken together, they reflect a singular spirit, one of nonconformity in a world where people continue to ask the question--"What are you?"--and then wait for a one word response.
Pradsad's Outwitting the Job Market included meditations on diversity and the workplace; her choice of fiction over nonfiction for this anthology may reflect her own shifts: her novel One of the Boys is due in 2007. All of the contributors are from mixed or multiracial backgrounds; Prasad notes in her foreword that there is "some commonality" among them: "being proof of an increasingly global society, acting as the solder between various communities, straddling cultural expectations." In "Footnote," memoirist Carmit Delman (Burnt Bread and Chutney) writes of a quarter-Indian girl raised in West Virginia who takes a carnal route to discovering identity. Mat Johnson's "Gift Giving" uses the typical story of the cuckold (the author dedicates the story to an ex-fiance) to dispel numerous clichés of biracial coupledom: "The women I knew who socialized white always had some mythic white ex-boyfriend to whom no Negro could compare." In "The Caste System," Mary Yukari Waters (The Laws of Evening) sends Sarah Rexford to Japan with her grandmother for a visit to her mother's grave, and to her aunt Kimiko. There are short author bios written by the writers themselves, and thumbnail photos of each author. At the end of each of the 18 stories, the writer gives a brief description of what inspired it.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0393327868
- ISBN 13 9780393327861
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages326
- EditorChandra Prasad
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Globally, the number of multiracial people is exploding. In 10 US states, the percentage of multiracial residents who are of school agebetween 5 and 17is at least 25 percent. In California alone, it is estimated that 15 percent of all births are multiracial or multiethnic. Despite these numbers, mixed-race people have long struggled for a distinct place on the identity map. It was only as recently as 2000 that the U.S. Census Bureau began to allow citizens to check off as many racial categories as are applicable-White, African American, Asian, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian, American Indian, and Alaska Native. Previously, Americans were allowed to check off only one, leaving multiracial people invisible and unaccounted for. Though multiracialism has recently become a popular aspect of many memoirs and novels, Mixed is the first of its kind: a fiction anthology with racial overlap as its compass. With original pieces by both established and emerging writers, Mixed explores the complexities of identity that come with being a multiracial person. Every story, crafted by authors who are themselves mixed-race, broaches multiracialism through character or theme. With contributors such as Cristina Garcia, Danzy Senna, Ruth Ozeki, Mat Johnson, Wayde Compton, Diana Abu-Jaber, Emily Raboteau, Mary Yukari Waters, and Peter Ho Davies, and an illuminating introduction by Rebecca Walker, Mixed gives narrative voice to the multiple identities of the rising generation. With a roster of acclaimed fiction writers, Mixed shatters expectations of what it means to be multiracial. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780393327861
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