Umfang:
1 online resource (210 pages)
ISBN:
9780813548524
Inhalt:
Despite being far from the norm, interracial relationships are more popular than ever. Racing Romance sheds special light on the bonds between whites and Asian Americans, an important topic that has not garnered well-deserved attention until now. Incorporating life-history narratives and interviews with those currently or previously involved with an interracial partner, Kumiko Nemoto addresses the contradictions and tensionsùa result of race, class, and genderùthat Asian Americans and whites experience. Similar to black/white relationships, stereotypes have long played crucial roles in Asian American/white encounters. Partners grapple with media representations of Asian women as submissive or hypersexual and Asian men are often portrayed as weak laborers or powerful martial artists. Racing Romance reveals how allegedly progressive interracial relationships remain firmly shaped by the logic of patriarchy and gender inherent to the ideal of marriage, family, and nation in America, even as this ideal is juxtaposed with discourses of multiculturalism and color blindness.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Interracial Relationships: Discourses and Images -- Part I: Asian American Women with White Men -- Chapter 2: The Good Wife -- Chapter 3: A Woman Ascending -- Part II: Asian American Men with White Women -- Chapter 4: A Man's Place -- Chapter 5: Playing the Man -- Chapter 6: Men Alone -- Conclusion: Matters of Race and Gender -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780813545325
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780813545325
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=892355
