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Publication details [#50274]

Lee Gage, Sue-Je. 2007. The Amerasian Problem: Blood, Duty, and Race. International Relations 21 (1) : 86–102.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

assumption | ethnography of speaking | identity negotiation | race | religion

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

This paper employs an ethnographic framework to explore the assumptions underlying the apparently religious statement of ‘the American thing to do’ (cfr ‘The Amerasian Act’ of 1982) in US policy terms, where ostensibly scientific ‘race’, blood and identity notions are used.