According to our hearts : Rhinelander v. Rhinelander and the law of the multiracial family / / Angela Onwuachi-Willig

• Autore: Onwuachi-Willig Angela
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 346.74701/66
• Soggetto topico: Trials (Divorce) - United States; Race discrimination - Law and legislation - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Beautiful Affair -- 2. Openings and a Closing: Shutting The Door on Reconciliation -- 3. Testimonies -- 4. A Verdict Against the Heart -- 5. Understanding the Black and White of Love -- 6. Living in Placelessness -- 7. Collective Discrimination -- 8. Reflections in Black and White, and Where We Go from Here -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This landmark book looks at what it means to be a multiracial couple in the United States today. According to Our Hearts begins with a look back at a 1925 case in which a two-month marriage ends with a man suing his wife for misrepresentation of her race, and shows how our society has yet to come to terms with interracial marriage. Angela Onwuachi-Willig examines the issue by drawing from a variety of sources, including her own experiences. She argues that housing law, family law, and employment law fail, in important ways, to protect multiracial couples. In a society in which marriage is used to give, withhold, and take away status-in the workplace and elsewhere-she says interracial couples are at a disadvantage, which is only exacerbated by current law.
• Titolo autorizzato: According to our hearts
• ISBN: 0-300-16688-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808777103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II