1st Edition
Black Women in Interracial Relationships In Search of Love and Solace
By Kellina Craig-Henderson
Copyright 2011
197 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
198 Pages
by
Routledge
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According to the most recent U.S. census, twice as many black men are involved in interracial relationships as black women. Do black women consciously resist such involvement? What motivates the relatively few women who are in these types of relationships? And how do they navigate the unfamiliar terrain in intimacy? One of the most popular explanations for black women's involvement in... Read more
Acknowledgments
1. Why Look at Black Women in
Interracial Intimate Relationships?
2. Sinking, Rising, and Coasting:
How Do Black Women Fare Today?
3. Through a Lens, Deeply
4. Resistance and the Decision
to Be in an Interracial Relationship
5. The Immutability of Beauty Standards and the Media
6. Cultural Stereotypes about Black Women
7. First Dates and Meeting Their Mates
8. The Challenges, Stares,
and Affronts from Friends, Family, and Strangers
9. Thinking and Talking about Race Relations Today
10. What the Future Holds, Mixed-Race Children and More
Index
Biography
Kellina Craig-Henderson
