Mixed Race Identities in Asia and the Pacific - 9781138933934

Taylor & Francis

Mixed Race Identities in Asia and the PacificExperiences from Singapore and New Zealand\nAuthor(s): Zarine L. Rocha\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138933934, 978-1138933934\nSynopsis\n\""Mixed race\"" is becoming an important area for research, and there is a growing body of work in the North American and British contexts. However, understandings and experiences of \""mixed race\"" across different countries and regions are not often explored in significant depth. New Zealand and Singapore provide important contexts for investigation, as two multicultural, yet structurally divergent, societies. Within these two countries, \""mixed race\"" describes a particularly interesting label for individuals of mixed Chinese and European parentage. \n\nThis book explores the concept of \""mixed race\"" for people of mixed Chinese and European descent, looking at how being Chinese and/or European can mean many different things in d.