Sociology 315 - The Blending of American Peoples:Intermarriage,Assimiliation,and Group Continuity

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Bard College

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Throughout American history, people of different ethnic or racial backgrounds have formed sexual unions (some of which society defined as legal marriages, others not), and from these unions have emerged generations of multiethnic, or multiracial, children. This course focuses first on the role of these unions in determining American ethnoracial assimilation, and then explores group-level responses to the challenges posed by the presence of many mixed-origin people. Finally, the course asks how ethnic and racial groups survive at all following extensive blending. Can group culture or identity persist when many couples include one member who is not a group member, or when most "group members"have origins both in and outside the group? The obvious answer would seem to be no; but that answer appears to be only partly correct, because individuals make choices about what to preserve.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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