Beyond Loving Intimate Racework in Lesbian, Gay, and Straight Interracial Relationships

Name: Beyond Loving Intimate Racework in Lesbian, Gay, and Straight Interracial Relationships
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ISBN: 9780199743568

ISBN-10: 0199743568

ISBN-13: 9780199743568

Edition: 2012

Authors: Amy C. Steinbugler

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Intimacy between blacks and whites in the United States is a crucial point of inquiry because this color line has historically been the most rigorously surveilled and restricted. Because of this history, social scientists use interracial intimacy as a barometer of the social distance between racial groups, and view growing numbers of interracial couples as evidence of racial progress. But are interracial couples really able to carve out a 'raceless' intimate sphere? Or are interracial relationships microcosms of broader-level racial hierarchies?In this book, Amy Steinbugler challenges the widespread assumption that interracial intimacy represents the ultimate erasure of racial differences.…

Book details

List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/6/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.85" wide x 9.25" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Historical Roots of Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Black/White Intimacy



Public Interraciality: Navigating Racially Homogeneous Social Spaces



Public Interraciality: Managing Visibility



Intimate Interactions: Racework as Emotional Labor



Interracial Identities: Racework as Boundary Work



White Racial Identities through the Lens of Interracial Intimacy


Conclusion: The Intimate Politics of Interraciality



Research Methods



Respondent Characteristics


Notes


Bibliography


Index