Cécile Coquet-Mokoko. Love Under the Skin: Interracial Marriages in the American South and France

“The simplest solution to the problem of race in America? Romantic love. Not friendship. Not the kind of safe, shallow love where the objective is that both people remain comfortable. But real deep romantic love, the kind that twists you and wrings you out and makes you breathe through the nostrils...

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Autore principale: ROBLES, Fanny
Natura: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lingua:Anglais
Pubblicazione: E-rea 2023
Accesso online:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Riassunto:“The simplest solution to the problem of race in America? Romantic love. Not friendship. Not the kind of safe, shallow love where the objective is that both people remain comfortable. But real deep romantic love, the kind that twists you and wrings you out and makes you breathe through the nostrils of your beloved. And because that real deep romantic love is so rare, and because American society is set up to make it even rarer between American Black and American White, the problem of race in...