According to Our Hearts

Rhinelander V. Rhinelander and the Law of the Multiracial Family

von Angela Onwuachi-Willig

344 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This landmark book looks at what it means to be a multiracial couple in the United States today. According to Our Hearts begins with a look back at a 1925 case in which a two-month marriage ends with a man suing his wife for misrepresentation of her race, and shows how our society has yet to come to terms with interracial marriage. Angela Onwuachi-Willig examines the issue by drawing from a variety of sources, including her own experiences. She argues that housing law, family law, and employment law fail, in important ways, to protect multiracial couples. In a society in which marriage is used to give, withhold, and take away status--in the workplace and elsewhere--she says interracial couples are at a disadvantage, which is only exacerbated by current law.

• Reihe: YALE UNIV PR
• ISBN: 9780300166828
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.06.2013
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Yale University Press