Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Mulattos, Mysticism, and Marriage: African American Identity and Psychic Integration 27
7. 2. Half-Caste Family Romances: Divergent Paths of Asian American Identity 55
8. 3. The Mexican Mestizo/a in the Mexican American Imaginary 91
9. 4. Half-Breeds and Homesteaders: Native/American Alliances in the West 119
10. 5. Blood and Blankets: Americanizing European Immigrants through Cultural Miscegenation and Textile Reproduction 149
11. Conclusion 171
12. Notes 179
13. Bibliography 209
14. Index 225