Property Rites : The Rhinelander Trial, Passing, and the Protection of Whiteness /
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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2009]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| 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.


