Racing romance
Subtitle: love, power, and desire among Asian American/white couples
By: Kumiko Nemoto.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780813545325; 9780813545332
Subjects: Interracial marriage -- United States; Interracial dating -- United States; Asian Americans -- Psychology; Asian Americans -- Race identity; Race awareness; Race relations
Description: "Racing Romance sheds special light on the bonds between whites and Asian Americans. Incorporating life-history narrative and interviews with those currently or previously involved with an interracial partner, Kumiko Nemoto addresses the contradictions and tensions--a result of race, class, and gender--that Asian Americans and white experience."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Interracial relationships : discourses and images; title: The good wife; title: A woman ascending; title: A man's place; title: Playing the man; title: Men alone; title: Conclusion: Matters of race and gender.