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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith-Pryor, Elizabeth M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rhinelander, Leonard Kip.
Jones, Alice Beatrice.
Rhinelander, Leonard Kip > Trials, litigation, etc.
Jones, Alice Beatrice > Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Divorce)
Scandals.
Marriage > Annulment.
Interracial marriage.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Scandales > New York (État) > Westchester.
Mariage interracial > New York (État) > Westchester.
Mariage > Annulation > New York (État) > Westchester.
Proces (Divorce) > New York (État) > Westchester.
Scandals > New York (State) > Westchester County.
Interracial marriage > New York (State) > Westchester County.
Marriage > Annulment > New York (State) > Westchester County.
Trials (Divorce) > New York (State) > Westchester County.
New York (State) > Westchester County.
Comptes rendus de proces et d'arbitrage.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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