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Getting beyond Race: The Changing American Culture (Chap. 7 "Interracial Relationships and the One-Drop Rule") » Read Now
by Richard J. Payne. 240 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Drawing on his own experience of having lived with different racial groups, the author writes about those who are trying to reduce the significance of race in society and, through their actions, to create models of behaviour for America's future.
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Who Interracially Dates: An Examination of the Characteristics of Those Who Have Interracially Dated, in Journal of Comparative Family Studies » Read Now
by George Yancey. 17 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library
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Trends in Black/White Intermarriage, in Social Forces » Read Now
by Matthijs Kalmijn. 28 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library
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Crossing the Line: Interracial Couples in the South » Read Now
by Robert P. McNamara, Maria Tempenis, Beth Walton. 171 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

Despite the increased number of interracial marriages in recent years, Black/White couples still experience a host of problems in American society, particularly in the South. Drawing on extensive interviews with 28 Black/White couples living in the South, this ethnographic study describes the issues...
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Despite the increased number of interracial marriages in recent years, Black/White couples still experience a host of problems in American society, particularly in the South. Drawing on extensive interviews with 28 Black/White couples living in the South, this ethnographic study describes the issues and obstacles these couples have to face and documents their overwhelming sense of social isolation. The problems include hostility, encountered while the couple is in public, ranging from stares to outright attacks, as well as a lack of support and ostracization by their families. After discussing the nature of Black/White relationships and the historical implications of interracial couples--beginning with slavery--the authors adopt a life history approach, which allows them to probe deeply into the meaning of the interviewees' responses.
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Interracialism: Black-White Intermarriage in American History, Literature, and Law » Read Now
by Werner Sollors. 546 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Interracialism, or marriage between members of different races, has formed, torn apart, defined and divided our nation since its earliest history. This collection explores the primary texts of interracialism as a means of addressing core issues in our racial identity. Ranging from Hannah Arendt to...
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Interracialism, or marriage between members of different races, has formed, torn apart, defined and divided our nation since its earliest history. This collection explores the primary texts of interracialism as a means of addressing core issues in our racial identity. Ranging from Hannah Arendt to George Schuyler and from Pace v. Alabama to Loving v. Virginia, it provides extraordinary resources for faculty and students in English, American and Ethnic Studies as well as for general readers interested in race relations. By bringing together a selection of historically significant documents and of the best essays and scholarship on the subject of "miscegenation," interracialism demonstrates that notions of race can be fruitfully approached from the vantage point of the denial of interracialism that typically informs racial ideologies.
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Interracial Couples' Experience of Leisure: A Social Network Approach, in Journal of Leisure Research » Read Now
by Dan K. Hibbler, Kimberly J. Shinew. 22 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library
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Marketplace Economy: The Evaluation of Interracial Couples, in Basic and Applied Social Psychology » Read Now
by T. Joel Wade. 18 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Close Romantic Relationships: Maintenance and Enhancement (Chap. 12 "Establishing and Maintaining Satisfaction in Multicultural Relationships") » Read Now
by John H. Harvey, Amy Wenzel. 400 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

With contributions from the leading experts on relationships, this book covers important issues, such as love as self-expansion, equity in maintaining close relationships, commitment, social support, self-verification, and minding the relationship. The end result is a comprehensive account of the...
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With contributions from the leading experts on relationships, this book covers important issues, such as love as self-expansion, equity in maintaining close relationships, commitment, social support, self-verification, and minding the relationship. The end result is a comprehensive account of the reasons why close relationships are or are not maintained and the manner in which these principles can be applied to current social issues and clinical interventions. Divided into two sections, Part I describes models developed to characterize how relationships are maintained over time, accounts of specific mechanisms at work in close relationships, and conceptualizations of the maintenance and enhancement of close relationships using existing theoretical paradigms. Part II addresses contemporary social issues, as well as clinical applications. Close Romantic Relationships will appeal to students, researchers, and professionals due to its broad sampling of theory and research on relationship maintenance and enhancement.
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The Interracial Experience: Growing Up Black/White Racially Mixed in the United States (Chap. 6 "The Family: Marriage outside the Color Line" and Chap. 8 "Love and Color: Social Embeddedness") » Read Now
by Ursula M. Brown. 155 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

The number of black-white mixed marriages increased by 504% in the last 25 years. By gathering hard data as well as a series of intensely personal and revealing vignettes, Dr. Brown offers a rare glimpse into the lives, struggles, frustration and joys of mixed race people. She investigates...
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The number of black-white mixed marriages increased by 504% in the last 25 years. By gathering hard data as well as a series of intensely personal and revealing vignettes, Dr. Brown offers a rare glimpse into the lives, struggles, frustration and joys of mixed race people. She investigates psychosocial issues unique to mixed race children. Also, experiences that influenced their adjustment in a country that has subjected them to racist abuses from the white as well as black side of the racial divide and has shoehorned them into a racial category that denies half of their physiological and psychological existence are explored.
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From Black to Biracial: Transforming Racial Identity among Americans (Chap. 4 "Turning Points: Biracial College Students and Dating") » Read Now
by Kathleen Odell Korgen. 150 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Is a person with both a white and African American parent black? Thirty years ago in American society the answer would have been yes. Today, the answer most likely depends on whom you ask. According to the U.S. Census, a person with both a black and a white parent is, in fact, black. However, most...
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Is a person with both a white and African American parent black? Thirty years ago in American society the answer would have been yes. Today, the answer most likely depends on whom you ask. According to the U.S. Census, a person with both a black and a white parent is, in fact, black. However, most young persons who fit this description describe themselves as biracial, both black and white. Most young Americans, whatever their racial background, agree. Since the Voting Rights Act of 1965 signaled the culmination of the Civil Rights Movement, a transformation has occured in the racial self-definition of Americans with both an African American and a white parent. This book describes the transformation and explains why it has occurred and how it has come about. Through extensive research and dozens of interviews, Korgen describes how the transformation has its roots in the historical and cultural transitions in U.S. society since the Civil Rights era. A ground breaking book, From Black to Biracial will help all,Americans understand the societal implications of the increasingly multiracial nature of our population. From affirmative action to the present controversy over the U.S. Census 2000, the repercussions of the transformation in racial identity related here affect all race-based aspects of our society. Students and faculty in sociology and multicultural studies, business leaders, and general readers alike will benefit from reading this work.
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A Note on Family Acceptance Involving Interracial Friendships and Romantic Relationships, in Journal of Psychology » Read Now
by Jon K. Mills, Jennifer Daly, Amy Longmore, Gina Kilbride. 3 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Building and Breaking Families in the American West (Chap. 3 "Intermarrying: Why So Difficult?") » Read Now
by Glenda Riley. 204 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library
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Taking Stock of America's Attitudes on Cultural Diversity: An Analysis of Public Deliberation on Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Intermarriage, in Journal of Comparative Family Studies » Read Now
by Douglas George, George Yancey. 22 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library
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Remarriage and Intermarriage of Asians in the United States of America, in Journal of Comparative Family Studies » Read Now
by B. E. Aguirre, Rogelio Saenz, Sean-Shong Hwang. 9 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library