{"product_id":"romance-and-rights-alex-lubin-9781604732474","title":"Romance and Rights: The Politics of Interracial Intimacy, 1945-1954","description":"\u003ci\u003eRomance and Rights: The Politics of Interracial Intimacy, 1945-1954\u003c\/i\u003e studies 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 civil rights leaders, African American soldiers, and white segregationists? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Previous studies focus on the period beginning in 1967 when the Supreme Court overturned the last state anti-miscegenation law (\u003ci\u003eLoving v. Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e). 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. The government wanted interracial relationships to be treated primarily as private affairs to keep attention off contradictions between its outward aura of cultural freedom and the realities of Jim Crow politics and anti-miscegenation laws. Activists, however, wanted interracial intimacy treated as a public act, one that could be used symbolically to promote equal rights and expanded opportunities. These contradictory impulses helped shape our current perceptions about interracial romances and their broader significance in American culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eRomance and Rights\u003c\/i\u003e ends in 1954, the year of the \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/i\u003e decision, before the civil rights movement became well organized. By closely examining postwar popular culture, African American literature, NAACP manuscripts, miscegenation laws, and segregationist protest letters, among other resources, the author analyzes postwar attitudes towards interracial romance, showing how complex and often contradictory those attitudes could be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex Lubin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1604732474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781604732474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Alex Lubin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124985131263,"sku":"9781604732474","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0584a080-c855-4294-8a5f-afff1b0ffe08.jpg?v=1687439959","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/romance-and-rights-alex-lubin-9781604732474","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}