High yella: a modern family memoir
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Athens, GA : The University of Georgia Press, 2021.
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267 pages ; 22 cm.
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"They called him "pale-faced or mixed race." They called him "light, bright, almost white." But most of the time his family called him "high yella." Steve Majors was the light-skinned youngest son who stood out from the rest of his all Black family. High Yella: A Modern Family Memoir is the poignant account of how he left his family behind in search of a new identity in a world that saw him as white. Eventually he must reconcile his own search for self when he adopts two black daughters who begin to question their own place in the world. High Yella traces two important journeys: Majors' struggle with his racial and sexual identities, and his struggle to keep from making the same mistakes his own family made as he ventures into gay parenthood. This memoir of one diverse and modern American family delivers hard-won lessons for all families on love, life and family ties"--
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2110
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English
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9780820360317
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"They called him "pale-faced or mixed race." They called him "light, bright, almost white." But most of the time his family called him "high yella." Steve Majors was the light-skinned youngest son who stood out from the rest of his all Black family. High Yella: A Modern Family Memoir is the poignant account of how he left his family behind in search of a new identity in a world that saw him as white. Eventually he must reconcile his own search for self when he adopts two black daughters who begin to question their own place in the world. High Yella traces two important journeys: Majors' struggle with his racial and sexual identities, and his struggle to keep from making the same mistakes his own family made as he ventures into gay parenthood. This memoir of one diverse and modern American family delivers hard-won lessons for all families on love, life and family ties"--,Provided by publisher.
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Majors, S. (2021). High yella: a modern family memoir. The University of Georgia Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Majors, Stephen, 1966-. 2021. High Yella: A Modern Family Memoir. The University of Georgia Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Majors, Stephen, 1966-, High Yella: A Modern Family Memoir. The University of Georgia Press, 2021.
MLA Citation (style guide)Majors, Stephen. High Yella: A Modern Family Memoir. The University of Georgia Press, 2021.
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