According to Our Hearts: Rhinelander V. Rhinelander and the Law of the Multiracial Family Contributor(s): Onwuachi-Willig, Angela (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300166826 ISBN-13: 9780300166828 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $73.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - History | Modern - 20th Century |
Dewey: 346.747 |
LCCN: 2012044511 |
Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.37" W x 9.51" (1.36 lbs) 344 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This landmark book looks at what it means to be a multiracial couple in the United States today. According to Our Hearts begins with a look back at a 1925 case in which a two-month marriage ends with a man suing his wife for misrepresentation of her race, and shows how our society has yet to come to terms with interracial marriage. Angela Onwuachi-Willig examines the issue by drawing from a variety of sources, including her own experiences. She argues that housing law, family law, and employment law fail, in important ways, to protect multiracial couples. In a society in which marriage is used to give, withhold, and take away status--in the workplace and elsewhere--she says interracial couples are at a disadvantage, which is only exacerbated by current law. |