TY - BOOK ID - 77879316 TI - Racing romance : love, power, and desire among Asian American/white couples PY - 2009 SN - 0813548527 9780813548524 0813545323 9780813545325 0813545331 9780813545332 9780813545325 9780813545332 PB - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Race relations. KW - Race awareness. KW - Asian Americans KW - Interracial dating KW - Interracial marriage KW - Bi-racial dating KW - Biracial dating KW - Dating, Bi-racial KW - Dating, Biracial KW - Dating, Interracial KW - Dating (Social customs) KW - Integration, Racial KW - Race problems KW - Race question KW - Relations, Race KW - Ethnology KW - Social problems KW - Sociology KW - Ethnic relations KW - Minorities KW - Racism KW - Awareness KW - Ethnopsychology KW - Ethnic attitudes KW - Race identity. KW - Psychology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77879316 AB - Despite being far from the norm, interracial relationships are more popular than ever. Racing Romance sheds special light on the bonds between whites and Asian Americans, an important topic that has not garnered well-deserved attention until now. Incorporating life-history narratives and interviews with those currently or previously involved with an interracial partner, Kumiko Nemoto addresses the contradictions and tensionsùa result of race, class, and genderùthat Asian Americans and whites experience. Similar to black/white relationships, stereotypes have long played crucial roles in Asian American/white encounters. Partners grapple with media representations of Asian women as submissive or hypersexual and Asian men are often portrayed as weak laborers or powerful martial artists. Racing Romance reveals how allegedly progressive interracial relationships remain firmly shaped by the logic of patriarchy and gender inherent to the ideal of marriage, family, and nation in America, even as this ideal is juxtaposed with discourses of multiculturalism and color blindness. ER -