This annotated bibliography fills a gap in reference resources...This book does a fine job of fostering awareness of the diversity of resources available: scholarly research and personal accounts, juvenile and adult fiction, a chapter on TV and film, and even a chapter on teaching methods....The chapter on interracial homosexuality is perhaps the most provocative in an already contentious subject area....This book will be most useful for social workers, literature students, and social scientists. Recommended.
Choice Reviews
This book is the first attempt to systematically categorize this growing body of scholarship....this literature review is...substantial.
American Reference Books Annual
Downing, Nichols, and Webster (all library specialists from the U. of Michigan) offer a compilation of books, articles, websites, documentaries, films, and videos to help researchers more easily locate information on interracial issues. The annotated listings are thematically grouped into chapters on “hot button” issues, core historical literature, politics, dating and marriage, families, adoption, books for children and young adults, identity development, race and queer sexuality, and American motion pictures. The text also includes general information on teaching an interracial issues course, a sample full syllabus and reading list of a course on interracial issues taught by a sociology professor at the U. of Michigan, library research aids, and a glossary of terms.
Reference and Research Book News
This collection of fourteen essays explores personal, family, and social aspects of inter-race relations....Possible recommendation for professional collection.
- D. Jane Miller, Brewer HS Librarian/WSISD Library Coordinator,
Part 1 Acknowledgments
Part 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 1 Accessing the Literature
Chapter 4 2 Teaching an Interracial Issues Course
Chapter 5 3 Hot Button Issues
Chapter 6 4 Core Historical Literature
Chapter 7 5 The Politics of Being Interracial
Chapter 8 6 Interracial Dating and Marriage
Chapter 9 7 Interracial Families
Chapter 10 8 Transracial Adoption
Chapter 11 9 Books for Children and Young Adults
Chapter 12 10 Multiracial Identity Development
Chapter 13 11 The Intersection of Race and Queer Sexuality
Chapter 14 12 Representations of Interracial Relationships and Multiracial Identity on the American Screen
Part 15 Appendix I. Subject Heading/Descriptor Vocabularly to Assist in Searching
Part 16 Appendix II. Definitions of Terms Used in Interracial Literature
Part 17 Appendix III. Sociology 412 — Ethnic Identity and Intergroup Relations Syllabus
Part 18 Appendix IV. OMB Directive 15
Part 19 Appendix V. Resources by Race
Part 20 Index
Part 21 About the Contributors