Half and Half: Writers on Growing Up Biracial and Bicultural (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375700118)

As we approach the twenty-first century, biracialism and biculturalism are becoming increasingly common.Skin color and place of birth are no longer reliable signifiers of one's identity or origin.Simple questions like What are you? and Where are you from? aren't answered--they are discussed.These eighteen essays, joined by a shared sense of duality, address the difficulties of not fitting into and the benefits of being part of two worlds.Through the lens of personal experience, they offer a broader spectrum of meaning for race and culture.And in the process, they map a new ethnic terrain that transcends racial and cultural division."

Author: Claudine C. O'Hearn
ISBN-10: 0375700110
ISBN-13: 9780375700118
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 06/09/1998
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.24w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/01/1998 pg. 75
Booklist 04/01/1999 pg. 1382
ALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's 01/01/2000 pg. 1362