Marriage vows and racial choices
By: Jessica Vasquez-Tokos
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780871548689
Subjects: Interracial marriage; Hispanic Americans; Mate selection
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-356) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : considering family formation; title: Latino and white intermarriage : preferences and convenience; title: Consequences of Latino and white intermarriage : biculturalism and racial consciousness; title: Cross-racial minority pairings : Latinos intermarried with non-Latino racial minorities; title: Cross-national Latino marriages : racial and gender havens; title: Mixed-generation Mexican-origin marriages : from transnationalism to feminism; title: Intragenerational marriages and racial strategies : racial erasing, racial easing, and constrained cultivation; title: Unpacking marriage : divorce, repartnering, ambivalence, and the search for love; title: Conclusion : negotiated desire.