Ambiguous Ethnicity: Interracial Families in London

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Ambiguous Ethnicity: Interracial Families in London
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Susan Benson
SeriesChanging Culture Series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:184
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
ISBN/Barcode 9780521297691
ClassificationsDewey:306.8460942165
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 14 January 1982
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In a society where race is a significant component of social identity and exerts an important influence on social relationships, the problems faced by couples who enter into 'mixed' marriages are especially difficult. The book is a study of the personal histories and everyday lives of a small number of interracial families living in and around Brixton, south London, in the early 1970s. Dr Benson sets the circumstances that confront these families within the context of wider British attitudes about race, colour and miscegenation as they developed over time. She argues that couples are obliged to make a continual series of choices between 'black' and 'white' in the course of their everyday lives. Through a discussion of these choices and of the factors which lead individuals to enter into a marriage which could be regarded with some disapproval, the book explores how people in London thought and felt about race, colour and social identity. It will be of interest to all teachers and students studying race relations, as well as to social and community workers, school teachers and administrators concerned with race relations and the inner city.