Mulatto America
Subtitle: At the Crossroads of Black and White Culture : A Social History
By: Stephan Talty.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Whites -- United States -- Attitudes -- History; African Americans -- Attitudes -- History; Whites -- Race identity -- United States; African Americans -- Race identity; Interpersonal relations and culture -- United States -- History; Popular culture -- United States -- History; Intercultural communication -- United States -- History; Miscegenation -- United States -- History; United States -- Race relations; United States -- Civilization -- African American influences
Description: "Beginning with new and shocking revelations about the white slaves kidnapped into "the House of Bondage," Mulatto America vividly chronicles the hidden connections that have shaped American style and character. Stephan Talty proposes that, along with the hatred that ruled the relationship between blacks and whites for so long, there has been a largely unexamined flip side: a powerful attraction that led both races to mimic what they saw and desired in each other.".

"Each chapter examines a different vanguard: The interracial lovers of the slavery era who ignored theories of racial inferiority and gave us models of devotion and daring. The black elite early in the last century who found in Shakespeare and Michelangelo not only deeply humanist masterpieces but hope that white bigotry could be overcome. And the members of today's hip-hop generation, who revel in the cultural freedom earned at so high a cost.".

"Drawing on original research and daring new interpretations of crucial events in American history, Talty paints a portrait of a lost America: one in which musicians, writers, and ordinary people led the nation to a deeper understanding of the strangers on the other side of town."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-251) and index.