Property rites : the Rhinelander trial, passing, and the protection of whiteness /

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In 1925 Leonard Rhinelander, the youngest son of a wealthy New York society family, sued to end his marriage to Alice Jones, a former domestic servant and the daughter of a "colored" cabman. After being married only one month, Rhinelander pressed for the dissolution of his marriage on the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith-Pryor, Elizabeth M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
Temas:
Rhinelander, Leonard Kip > Trials, litigation, etc.
Jones, Alice Beatrice > Trials, litigation, etc.
Jones, Alice Beatrice
Rhinelander, Leonard Kip
Trials (Divorce) > New York (State) > Westchester County.
Marriage > Annulment > New York (State) > Westchester County.
Interracial marriage > New York (State) > Westchester County.
Scandals > New York (State) > Westchester County.
Procès (Divorce) > New York (État) > Westchester.
Mariage > Annulation > New York (État) > Westchester.
Mariage interracial > New York (État) > Westchester.
Scandales > New York (État) > Westchester.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Interracial marriage
Marriage > Annulment
Scandals
Trials (Divorce)
New York (State) > Westchester County
Electronic books.
Trial and arbitral proceedings
Trials, litigation, etc.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Comptes rendus de procès et d'arbitrage.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Curious acts
  • "All mixed up" in New York
  • The trial begins
  • Passing and the "seemingly absurd question" of race
  • Defending the citadel of whiteness from the "awful stain"
  • The trial continues : degeneracy, modern love, and "filthy letters"
  • "Poor little cupid" and the marriage contract
  • Blind love and the visibility of race
  • The trial ends.

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