Author: Paul R. Spickard
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Keywords: intermarriage, ethnic, century, america, twentieth, identity, amp, mixed, blood
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 1991-10-15
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0299121143
ISBN-13: 9780299121143

Draws together a far-ranging set of experiences, all of which bear on the phenomenon of intermarriage. Through his introduction of cultural themes of acceptance, the author broadens the reader’s scope of reference in comprehending the forces driving intermarriage.

Author: Werner Sollors
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: literature, law, history, american, black, intermarriage, interracialism
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 2000-10-19
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 0195128575
ISBN-13: 9780195128574

Interracialism, or marriage between members of different races, has formed, torn apart, defined and divided our nation since its earliest history. This collection explores the primary texts of interracialism as a means of addressing core issues in our racial identity. Ranging from Hannah Arendt to George Schuyler and from Pace v. Alabama to Loving v. Virginia, it provides extraordinary resources for faculty and students in English, American and Ethnic Studies as well as for general readers interested in race relations. By bringing together a selection of historically significant documents and

Author: Christine E. Hayes
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: conversion, bible, talmud, intermarriage, identities, impurities, jewish, gentile
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2002-11-14
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0195151208
ISBN-13: 9780195151206

In ancient Jewish culture the ideas of purity and impurity defined the socio-cultural boundaries between Jews and Gentiles. Hayes argues that different views of the the possibility of conversion, based on varying ideas about Gentile impurity, were the key factor in the formation of Jewish sects in the second temple period, and in the separation of the early Christian Church from what later became rabbinic Judaism.

Authors:Gary Cretser, Joseph J Leon, Marvin B Sussman,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: volume, five, number, one, review, family, united, states, marriage, intermarriage
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 1982-01-01
List price: $100.00
ISBN-10: 0917724607
ISBN-13: 9780917724602

Therapists who work with couples will find valuable background information on some of the major ethnic groups who intermarry in the United States--black, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, Korean, Philippino, and Caucasian. Intermarriage in the United States presents A thorough compilation of information on issues of interracial and intercultural marriage in the United States, focusing particularly on the difficulties and failures of the marriages. This unique and much-needed volume focuses on the psychological conditions of the marriage partners, intermarriage as an indicator of social assimilation