03322nam 2200685 a 450 991081413710332120200520144314.00-8135-4852-710.36019/9780813548524(CKB)2520000000007889(EBL)892355(OCoLC)593295675(SSID)ssj0000342080(PQKBManifestationID)11240191(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342080(PQKBWorkID)10285956(PQKB)10476153(MiAaPQ)EBC892355(MdBmJHUP)muse8159(DE-B1597)529859(DE-B1597)9780813548524(Au-PeEL)EBL892355(CaPaEBR)ebr10367272(EXLCZ)99252000000000788920080902d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRacing romance love, power, and desire among Asian American/white couples /Kumiko Nemoto1st ed.New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20091 online resource (210 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-4532-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-190) and index.Interracial relationships : discourses and images -- The good wife -- A woman ascending -- A man's place -- Playing the man -- Men alone -- Conclusion: Matters of race and gender.Despite being far from the norm, interracial relationships are more popular than ever. Racing Romance sheds special light on the bonds between whites and Asian Americans, an important topic that has not garnered well-deserved attention until now. Incorporating life-history narratives and interviews with those currently or previously involved with an interracial partner, Kumiko Nemoto addresses the contradictions and tensionsùa result of race, class, and genderùthat Asian Americans and whites experience. Similar to black/white relationships, stereotypes have long played crucial roles in Asian American/white encounters. Partners grapple with media representations of Asian women as submissive or hypersexual and Asian men are often portrayed as weak laborers or powerful martial artists. Racing Romance reveals how allegedly progressive interracial relationships remain firmly shaped by the logic of patriarchy and gender inherent to the ideal of marriage, family, and nation in America, even as this ideal is juxtaposed with discourses of multiculturalism and color blindness.Interracial marriageUnited StatesInterracial datingUnited StatesAsian AmericansPsychologyAsian AmericansRace identityRace awarenessRace relationsInterracial marriageInterracial datingAsian AmericansPsychology.Asian AmericansRace identity.Race awareness.Race relations.306.84/608995073Nemoto Kumiko1970-1616013MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814137103321Racing romance3985862UNINA