Intermarriage across race and ethnicity among immigrants : E pluribus unions / Charlie V. Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, Charlie V., 1972-

Series:

New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

The new Americans

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intermarriage--United States.

Intermarriage.

Interethnic marriage--United States.

Interethnic marriage.

Interracial marriage--United States.

Interracial marriage.

Immigrants--United States.

Immigrants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Morgan examines the relationship between assimilation and intermarriage. In studying mixed relationships, he finds that ethnicity, in the form of language and religion, is more important than race. Males and females were more likely to find themselves in coethnic relationships as they imagined the role that extended family would play. They talked about parental prejudices, language, religion, and other cultural clashes as major factors. There were many females, however, who did not follow this pattern because of perceptions of patriarchy. They avoided coethnic relationships because they wanted a partner who would think of them as an equal.

Contents:

Introduction

History and theory

Conceptualization and methodology

Deconstructing intermarriage in the United States

Mixed relationships among children of immigrants in southern California

Clarifying race and ethnicity in mixed relationships

Gender and informality in mixed relationships

Summary and conclusions.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-223) and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-423-5

OCLC:

535764915