Romance and rights : the politics of interracial intimacy, 1945-1954 / Alex Lubin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lubin, Alex.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miscegenation (Racist theory)--United States--History--20th century.

Miscegenation (Racist theory).

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Romance and Rights: The Politics of Interracial Intimacy, 1945-1954 studies the meaning of interracial romance, love, and sex in the ten years after World War II. How was interracial romance treated in popular culture by civil rights leaders, African American soldiers, and white segregationists? Previous studies focus on the period beginning in 1967 when the Supreme Court overturned the last state antimiscegenation law (Loving v. Virginia). Lubin's study, however, suggests that we cannot fully understand contemporary debates about ""hybridity,"" or mixed-race identity, without first comprehend

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Legislating Love: Antimiscegenation Law and the Regulation of Intimacy; Chapter 2 Containing Contradictions: The Cultural Logic of Interracial Intimacy; Chapter 3 Making Marriage Matter: Interracial Intimacy and the Black Public Sphere; Chapter 4 At Home and Abroad: Black Soldiers and the Spaces of Interracial Intimacy; Chapter 5 From the Outside Looking In: The Limits of Interracial Intimacy; Conclusion: Strom Thurmond's Legacy; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-180) and index.

ISBN:

9786612917226

9781282917224

1282917226

9781604730593

1604730595

9781423732082

1423732081

OCLC:

614929214

Publisher Number:

heb40101 hdl