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Dangerous Liaisons: Sex and Love in the Segregated South
Charles F. Robinson II
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Paperback. In the tumultuous decades after the Civil War, as the southern white elite reclaimed power, "racial mixing" was the central concern of segregationists who strove to maintain "racial purity." This book aims to challenge conventional wisdom, and examines how white southerners enforced anti-miscegenation laws. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
In the tumultuous decades after the Civil War, as the southern white elite reclaimed power, ""racial mixing"" was the central concern of segregationists who strove to maintain ""racial purity."" Segregation - and race itself - was based on the idea that interracial sex posed a biological threat to the white race. In this groundbreaking study, Charles Robinson examines how white southerners enforced anti-miscegenation laws. His findings challenge conventional wisdom, documenting a pattern of selective prosecution under which interracial domestic relationships were punished even more harshly than transient sexual encounters. Robinson shows that the real crime was to suggest that black ... Read more
In the tumultuous decades after the Civil War, as the southern white elite reclaimed power, ""racial mixing"" was the central concern of segregationists who strove to maintain ""racial purity."" Segregation - and race itself - was based on the idea that interracial sex posed a biological threat to the white race. In this groundbreaking study, Charles Robinson examines how white southerners enforced anti-miscegenation laws. His findings challenge conventional wisdom, documenting a pattern of selective prosecution under which interracial domestic relationships were punished even more harshly than transient sexual encounters. Robinson shows that the real crime was to suggest that black ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557288332
SKU
V9781557288332
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About Charles F. Robinson II
Charles F. Robinson II is an associate professor of history and program director of the African American Studies program at the University of Arkansas.
Reviews for Dangerous Liaisons: Sex and Love in the Segregated South
A useful volume for those who want to know more about the variety of antimiscegenation laws in the South or the gap between statutory law and legal enforcement." —Journal of American History "Valuable not only for its catalog of laws and cases but also for Robinson’s unwavering attention to enforcement and defiance alike." —Journal of Southern History "The ... Read more