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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778192003321

Autore

Romano Renee Christine

Titolo

Race mixing [[electronic resource] ] : Black-white marriage in postwar America / / Renee C. Romano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2003

ISBN

0-674-04288-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Disciplina

306.84/6

Soggetti

Interracial marriage - United States

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Explaining a Taboo -- 1 The Unintended Consequences of War -- 2 The Dangers of “Race Mixing” -- 3 Ambivalent Acceptance -- 4 Not Just Commies and Beatniks -- 5 Culture Wars and Schoolhouse Doors -- 6 The Rights Revolutions and Interracial Marriage -- 7 Talking Black and Sleeping White -- 8 Eroded but Not Erased -- Epilogue: Is Love the Answer? -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Marriage between blacks and whites is a longstanding and deeply ingrained taboo in American culture. On the eve of World War II, mixed-race marriage was illegal in most states. Yet, sixty years later, black-white marriage is no longer illegal or a divisive political issue, and the number of such couples and their mixed-race children has risen dramatically. Renee Romano explains how and why such marriages have gained acceptance, and what this tells us about race relations in contemporary America. The history of interracial marriage helps us understand the extent to which America has overcome its racist past, and how much further we must go to achieve meaningful racial equality.