ABSTRACT
Names We Call Home is a ground-breaking collection of essays which articulate the dynamics of racial identity in contemporary society. The first volume of its kind, Names We Call Home offers autobiographical essays, poetry, and interviews to highlight the historical, social, and cultural influences that inform racial identity and make possible resistance to myriad forms of injustice.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|72 pages
Blood Ties, Communal Relations
chapter 3|13 pages
Red and Black in White America
Discovery Cross-Border Identities and Other Subversive Activities
chapter 4|9 pages
Writing in Search of a Home
Geography, Culture, and Language in the Creation of Racial Identity
part II|80 pages
Piecing Together History
part III|76 pages
Love Letters and Conversations
part IV|74 pages
“Acts of Creation: Sweat, Blood, Bone“
chapter |7 pages
Playing the Devil's Advocate
Defending a Multiracial Identity in Fractured Community
