Alternate Roots : Ethnicity, Race, and Identity in Genealogy Media /

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"In recent years, the media has attributed the surge of people eagerly studying family trees to the aging of baby boomers, a sense of mortality, a proliferation of internet genealogy sites, and a growing pride in ethnicity. New genealogy-themed television series and internet-driven genetic ance...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scodari, Christine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Genealogy > Social aspects.
REFERENCE / Genealogy & Heraldry.
Identite (Psychologie) > Genealogies.
Identity (Psychology) > Genealogy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: genealogy today
  • Unraveling genealogy culture
  • Tubular genealogy I: race, ethnicity, and intersectional identities in family history television and related practices
  • Tubular genealogy II: race, ethnicity, and intersectional identities in genealogy television migration narratives and related texts and practices
  • Tubular genealogy III: identity and genetic ancestry in genealogy television and related texts and practices
  • Tubular genealogy IV: identity and genetic ancestry in digital media and related texts and practices
  • Loose ends, conclusions, and critical trajectories.

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