Interracialism
Black-White Intermarriage in American History, Literature, and Law
ISBN13: 9780195128574ISBN10: 0195128575
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560 pages
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Sep 2000,
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Interracialism, or marriage between members of different races, has formed, torn apart, defined and divided our nation since its earliest history. This collection explores the primary texts of interracialism as a means of addressing core issues in our racial identity. Ranging from Hannah Arendt to George Schuyler and from Pace v. Alabama to Loving v. Virginia , it provides extraordinary resources for faculty and students in English, American and Ethnic Studies as well as for general readers interested in race relations. By bringing together a selection of historically significant documents and of the best essays and scholarship on the subject of "miscegenation," interracialism demonstrates that notions of race can be fruitfully approached from the vantage point of the denial of interracialism that typically informs racial ideologies.Reviews
"Werner Sollors had given us a gift, a unique collection of essays covering the most significant and most difficult aspect of race in American history. Interracialism is the standard reader for all those interested in this central issue in American culture."--American Studies International, October 2001
About the Author(s)
Werner Sollors is Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English and African-American Studies, and Director of the History of American Civilization Program at Harvard University.
