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Romance and rights, the politics of interracial intimacy, 1945-1954, Alex Lubin

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Romance and rights

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Alex Lubin

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the politics of interracial intimacy, 1945-1954

"Romance and Rights: The Politics of Interracial Intimacy, 1945-1954 is a major study of the meaning of interracial romance, love, and sex in the ten years after World War II. How was interracial romance treated in popular culture by African American civil rights leaders, soldiers, and white segregationists?" "Previous studies focus on the period beginning in 1967 when the Supreme Court overturned the last state antimiscegenation law (Loving v. Virginia). Alex Lubin's study, however, suggests that we cannot fully understand contemporary debates about "hybridity," or mixed-race identity, without first comprehending how WWII changed the terrain." "The book focuses on the years immediately after the war, when ideologies of race, gender, and sexuality were being reformulated and solidified in both the academy and the public. Lubin shows that interracial romance, particularly between blacks and whites, was a testing ground for both the general American public and the American government."--Jacket.--, Provided by publisher

Legislating love: antimiscegenation law and the regulation of intimacy -- Containing contradictions: the cultural logic of interracial intimacy -- Making marriage matter: interracial intimacy and the Black public sphere -- At home and abroad: Black soldiers and the spaces of interracial intimacy -- From the outside looking in: the limits of interracial intimacy -- Conclusion: Strom Thurmond's legacy