As society becomes increasingly diverse and intermingled, it is increasingly imperative to understand how race and heritage impact our perceptions of and interactions with each other. This constitutes an important step in this direction. It examines, among other topics, perceptions of racial identity in the Chesapeake community, in Brazil, and in Saint-Domingue. It demonstrates that the cultures in which these studies are sited helped define the subjects' self-perceptions and the ways...
More DescriptionAs society becomes increasingly diverse and intermingled, it is increasingly imperative to understand how race and heritage impact our perceptions of and interactions with each other. This constitutes an important step in this direction. It examines, among other topics, perceptions of racial identity in the Chesapeake community, in Brazil, and in Saint-Domingue. It demonstrates that the cultures in which these studies are sited helped define the subjects' self-perceptions and the ways others related to them.