Racing romance: love, power, and desire among Asian American/white couples
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Main Author: Nemoto, Kumiko (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Press ©2009
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-190) and index
Interracial relationships : discourses and images -- The good wife -- A woman ascending -- A man's place -- Playing the man -- Men alone -- Conclusion: Matters of race and gender
Racing Romance sheds light on the bonds between whites and Asian Americans, an important topic that has not garnered well-deserved attention until now. Using primary source narratives and interviews, Kumiko Nemoto addresses the contradictions and tensions-a result of race, class, and gender-that Asian Americans and whites experience. Racing Romance reveals how "progressive" interracial relationships remain shaped by the logic of patriarchy and gender inherent to the ideal of marriage, family, and nation in America, even as this ideal is juxtaposed with discourses of multicult
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 196 pages)
ISBN:0813548527
9780813545332
9780813548524

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