Melungeon Portraits: Exploring Kinship and Identity

by Tamara L Stachowicz

At a time when concepts of racial and ethnic identity increasingly define how we see ourselves and others, the ancestry of Melungeons--a Central Appalachian multiracial group believed to be of Native American, African and European origins--remains controversial.

Who is Melungeon, how do we know and what does that mean? In a series of interviews with individuals who claim Melungeon heritage, the author finds common threads that point to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476669791
• ISBN13: 9781476669793
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher