Review:
"The Sum of Our Parts is the first collection of essays on multiracial and multiethnic Asian Americans by experts in the field. The book is timely and will make an important contribution to the discourse on race, ethnicity, and identity formation. Comprehensive, historical, diasporic, and theoretically grounded, it includes groups not covered anywhere else, and will appeal to both academic and popular audiences." --Judy Yung, University of California, Santa Cruz "This book begins to remedy a crucial absence in contemporary liberatory discussion--Asian identities, and multiracial Asian identities. It should be an important and welcome contribution, academically and beyond." --Naomi Zack, Professor of Philosophy, University at Albany, SUNY "This collection of essays focuses on the construction of identity among people of Asian descent who claim multiple racial heritages. In the year 2000, for the first time in US history, the government's census allowed people the option of officially categorizing themselves in more than one racial group. According to this census, nearly one-third of all interracial marriages in the USA included an Asian-descent spouse. This book is divided into four sections: an examination of the history of multiraciality and Asian America; socio-cultural narratives of family and identity; analyses of political implications of multiracial identities; and an exploration of Asian-descent multiraciality, globally." --SAGE Race Relations Abstracts "These critical and provocative essays analyzing how multiracial identities have been constructed not just in the US but in a global context explore the multiple meanings accorded that identity from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, with a social science emphasis...A contribution to studies of race and ethnicity, as well as to Asian American studies, this collection is highly recommended..." --Choice "...a stellar interdisciplinary anthology...It not only fills the gap in the extant literature, but also furthers our understanding of the multiracial experience..." --The Journal of the West
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