Multiple social categorization and identity among multiracial, multiethnic, and multicultural individuals: Processes and implications

doi:10.4324/9780203969229-24

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Multiple social categorization and identity among multiracial, multiethnic, and multicultural individuals: Processes and implications

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this chapter is to examine the nature and meaning of multiple social categorization in the United States in terms of the three “large-scale social cleavages” (Abrams, 1996, p. 144) of race, ethnicity, and culture. We focus on group-related identities and identity formation in relation to these three broad dimensions of society.