The heart of whiteness
Subtitle: normal sexuality and race in America, 1880-1940
By: Julian B. Carter.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780822339373; 9780822339489
Subjects: Heterosexuality -- United States -- History; Sexual ethics -- United States -- History; Race awareness -- United States -- History; Whites -- Race identity -- United States -- History; Social norms; Marriage -- United States -- History; United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932; United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945; United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The search for Norma; title: "Barbarians are not nervous"; title: The marriage crisis; title: Birds, bees, and the future of the race : making whiteness normal; title: Epilogue: Regarding racial/erotic politics.