Race mixing : Black-white marriage in postwar America /

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"Marriage between blacks and whites is a long-standing and deeply ingrained taboo in American culture. On the eve of World War II, mixed-race marriage was illegal in most states, politicians argued for segregated facilities in order to prevent race mixing, and interracial couples risked public...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Romano, Renee Christine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Weise, ...
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
Interracial marriage > United States.
Mariage interracial > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
Interracial marriage
Race relations
Interethnische Ehe
Schwarze
Mischehe
Mariage interracial.
Relations interraciales.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
Schwärze
USA
États-Unis.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : explaining a taboo
  • The unintended consequences of war
  • The dangers of "race mixing"
  • Ambivalent acceptance
  • Not just commies and beatniks
  • Culture wars and schoolhouse doors
  • The rights revolutions and interracial marriage
  • Talking Black and sleeping white
  • Eroded but not erased
  • Epilogue : is love the answer?

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