New from Cambridge University Press:
Loving v. Virginia in a Post-Racial World: Rethinking Race, Sex, and Marriage, edited by
Kevin Noble Maillard (Syracuse University) and
Rose Cuison Villazor (Hofstra University). Here's the publisher's description:
In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that laws prohibiting interracial
marriage were unconstitutional in Loving vs. Virginia. Although this
case promotes marital freedom and racial equality, there are still
significant legal and social barriers to the free formation of intimate
relationships. Marriage continues to be the sole measure of commitment,
mixed relationships continue to be rare, and same-sex marriage is only
legal in 6 out of 50 states. Most discussion of Loving celebrates the
symbolic dismantling of marital discrimination. This book, however,
takes a more critical approach to ask how Loving has influenced the
"loving" of America. How far have we come since then, and what effect
did the case have on individual lives?
LHB readers may be particularly interested in
Part II: Historical Antecedents to Loving:
2. The 'love' of Loving, by Jason A. Gillmer
3. Loving in Indian territory: tribal miscegenation law in historical perspective, by Carla Pratt
4. American mestizo: Filipinos and antimiscegenation laws in California, by Leti Volpp
5. Perez vs. Sharp and the limits of Loving: race, marriage, and citizenship reconsidered, by R. A. Lenhardt
The full TOC is available
here.
