LEADER 04789nam 22006974a 450 001 9910305552003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-46286-8 010 $a9786610462865 010 $a0-8135-3757-6 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813537573 035 $a(CKB)1000000000246490 035 $a(EBL)977461 035 $a(OCoLC)806204723 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000083556 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11126282 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000083556 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10147679 035 $a(PQKB)11369006 035 $a(DE-B1597)526223 035 $a(OCoLC)64187767 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813537573 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC977461 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000246490 100 $a20040913d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNavigating interracial borders $eblack-white couples and their social worlds /$fErica Chito Childs 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (262 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-3585-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : the interracial canary -- Loving across the border : through the lens of black-white couples -- Constructing racial boundaries and white communities -- Crossing racial boundaries and black communities -- Families and the color line : multiracial problems for black and white families -- Racialized spaces : college life in black and white -- Black-white.com : surfing the interracial Internet -- Listening to the interracial canary. 330 $a"One of the best books written about interracial relationships to date. . . . Childs offers a sophisticated and insightful analysis of the social and ideological context of black-white interracial relationships."-Heather Dalmage, author Tripping on the Color Line "A pioneering project that thoroughly analyzes interracial marriage in contemporary America."-Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, author of Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States Is love color-blind, or at least becoming increasingly so? Today's popular rhetoric and evidence of more interracial couples than ever might suggest that it is. But is it the idea of racially mixed relationships that we are growing to accept or is it the reality? What is the actual experience of individuals in these partnerships as they navigate their way through public spheres and intermingle in small, close-knit communities? In Navigating Interracial Borders, Erica Chito Childs explores the social worlds of black-white interracial couples and examines the ways that collective attitudes shape private relationships. Drawing on personal accounts, in-depth interviews, focus group responses, and cultural analysis of media sources, she provides compelling evidence that sizable opposition still exists toward black-white unions. Disapproval is merely being expressed in more subtle, color-blind terms. Childs reveals that frequently the same individuals who attest in surveys that they approve of interracial dating will also list various reasons why they and their families wouldn't, shouldn't, and couldn't marry someone of another race. Even college students, who are heralded as racially tolerant and open-minded, do not view interracial couples as acceptable when those partnerships move beyond the point of casual dating. Popular films, Internet images, and pornography also continue to reinforce the idea that sexual relations between blacks and whites are deviant. Well-researched, candidly written, and enriched with personal narratives, Navigating Interracial Borders offers important new insights into the still fraught racial hierarchies of contemporary society in the United States. 606 $aInterracial marriage$zUnited States 606 $aInterracial marriage$zUnited States$xPublic opinion 606 $aInterracial dating$zUnited States 606 $aRace awareness$zUnited States 606 $aRacism$zUnited States 606 $aRace relations in motion pictures 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations 615 0$aInterracial marriage 615 0$aInterracial marriage$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aInterracial dating 615 0$aRace awareness 615 0$aRacism 615 0$aRace relations in motion pictures. 676 $a306.84/6 700 $aChilds$b Erica Chito$f1971-$0867081 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910305552003321 996 $aNavigating Interracial Borders$92116440 997 $aUNINA