Property rites: the Rhinelander trial, passing, and the protection of whiteness
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Main Author: Smith-Pryor, Elizabeth M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press ©2009
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-372) and index
Curious acts -- "All mixed up" in New York -- The trial begins -- Passing and the "seemingly absurd question" of race -- Defending the citadel of whiteness from the "awful stain" -- The trial continues : degeneracy, modern love, and "filthy letters" -- "Poor little cupid" and the marriage contract -- Blind love and the visibility of race -- The trial ends
In 1925 Leonard Rhinelander, the youngest son of a wealthy New York society family, sued to end his marriage to Alice Jones, a former domestic servant and the daughter of a "colored" cabman. After being married only one month, Rhinelander pressed for the dissolution of his marriage on the grounds that his wife had lied to him about her racial background. The subsequent marital annulment trial became a massive public spectacle, not only in New York but across the nation--despite the fact that the state had never outlawed interracial marriage. Elizabeth Smith-Pryor makes extensive use o
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 391 pages)
ISBN:0807894176
1469605902
9780807894170
9781469605906

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