{"product_id":"interracial-intimacies-randall-kennedy-9780375702648","title":"Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith the same piercing intelligence as the bestselling \u003ci\u003eSay it Loud!, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eInterracial Intimacies\u003c\/i\u003e hits a nerve at the center of American society: race relations and our most intimate ties to each other. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best book written on the subject, an exhaustive source of deep, rich scholarship and surefooted brilliant analysis.\"--\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnalyzing the tremendous changes in the history of America's racial dynamics, Randall Kennedy challenges us to examine how prejudices and biases still fuel fears and inform our sexual, marital, and family choices. He takes us from the injustices of the slave era up to present-day battles over race matching adoption policies, which seek to pair children with adults of the same race. He tackles such subjects as the presence of sex in racial politics, the historic role of legal institutions in policing racial boundaries, and the real and imagined pleasures that have attended interracial intimacy. A bracing, much-needed look at the way we have lived in the past, \u003ci\u003eInterracial Intimacies\u003c\/i\u003e is also a hopeful book, offering a potent vision of our future as a multiracial democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Randall Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375702644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375702648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.07h x 5.22w x 1.56d","brand":"Randall Kennedy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44890578878719,"sku":"9780375702648","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec101794-ce8a-4e75-9730-f67dd379c893.jpg?v=1709739438","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/interracial-intimacies-randall-kennedy-9780375702648","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}