Jillian Paragg
Biographic Data
| ID | 269191 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jillian Paragg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jillian |
| FAMILY NAME | Paragg |
| SIGNATURE | PARAGG J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8112-208X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
What are you
Mixed race scholarship considers the deployment of the term “mixed race” as an identification and theorizes that the operation of the external racial gaze is signaled through the “what are you?” question that mixed race people face in their everyday lives. In interviews conducted with mixed race, young adults in a Western Canadian urban context, it was evident that the “what are you?” question is the verbal form of the external racial gaze’s prod…
Canadian-First
Not being read or identified by others as "Canadian" was a common thread in semi-structured in-depth interviews I conducted with 19 young adults of mixed race in a Western Canadian urban context. In this paper, I address moments of (in)ability for people of mixed race to claim "Canadian." Mixed race people have a complex relationship with identifying and narrating their identities as "Canadian" through the operation of race and ethnicity in the C…
Studying 'Mixed Race
In this article, I reflexively consider how three experiences from conducting an interview project with Canadian young adults of mixed race can lead to questions about methodological practice in 'mixed race' research. These three experiences also have implications for theorizing mixed race identity. First, in the study, respondents complicated their hailing (Althusser, 2000) as mixed race through responding to a recruitment ad that used that term…
Multiculturalism and Social Cohesion
Reviewed by: Multiculturalism and Social Cohesion: Potentials and Challenges of Diversity Jillian Paragg Jeffrey G. Reitz, Raymond Breton, Karen Kisiel Dion and Kenneth L. Dion, with the collaboration of Mai B. Phan and Rupa Banerjee. Multiculturalism and Social Cohesion: Potentials and Challenges of Diversity. New York: Springer, 2009. vii + 194 pp. $139.00 hc. Canada is unique in that it has adopted an official state-initiated policy of multicu…
What are you
Mixed race scholarship considers the deployment of the term “mixed race” as an identification and theorizes that the operation of the external racial gaze is signaled through the “what are you?” question that mixed race people face in their everyday lives. In interviews conducted with mixed race, young adults in a Western Canadian urban context, it was evident that the “what are you?” question is the verbal form of the external racial gaze’s prod…
Canadian-First
Not being read or identified by others as "Canadian" was a common thread in semi-structured in-depth interviews I conducted with 19 young adults of mixed race in a Western Canadian urban context. In this paper, I address moments of (in)ability for people of mixed race to claim "Canadian." Mixed race people have a complex relationship with identifying and narrating their identities as "Canadian" through the operation of race and ethnicity in the C…
Studying 'Mixed Race
In this article, I reflexively consider how three experiences from conducting an interview project with Canadian young adults of mixed race can lead to questions about methodological practice in 'mixed race' research. These three experiences also have implications for theorizing mixed race identity. First, in the study, respondents complicated their hailing (Althusser, 2000) as mixed race through responding to a recruitment ad that used that term…
Multiculturalism and Social Cohesion
Reviewed by: Multiculturalism and Social Cohesion: Potentials and Challenges of Diversity Jillian Paragg Jeffrey G. Reitz, Raymond Breton, Karen Kisiel Dion and Kenneth L. Dion, with the collaboration of Mai B. Phan and Rupa Banerjee. Multiculturalism and Social Cohesion: Potentials and Challenges of Diversity. New York: Springer, 2009. vii + 194 pp. $139.00 hc. Canada is unique in that it has adopted an official state-initiated policy of multicu…
Studying 'Mixed Race
In this article, I reflexively consider how three experiences from conducting an interview project with Canadian young adults of mixed race can lead to questions about methodological practice in 'mixed race' research. These three experiences also have implications for theorizing mixed race identity. First, in the study, respondents complicated their hailing (Althusser, 2000) as mixed race through responding to a recruitment ad that used that term…
What are you
Mixed race scholarship considers the deployment of the term “mixed race” as an identification and theorizes that the operation of the external racial gaze is signaled through the “what are you?” question that mixed race people face in their everyday lives. In interviews conducted with mixed race, young adults in a Western Canadian urban context, it was evident that the “what are you?” question is the verbal form of the external racial gaze’s prod…
Canadian-First
Not being read or identified by others as "Canadian" was a common thread in semi-structured in-depth interviews I conducted with 19 young adults of mixed race in a Western Canadian urban context. In this paper, I address moments of (in)ability for people of mixed race to claim "Canadian." Mixed race people have a complex relationship with identifying and narrating their identities as "Canadian" through the operation of race and ethnicity in the C…
Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Identity (music (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Race (biology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Canadian Identity and History (2 works)