Stormy Weather Middle-Class African American Marriages Between the Two World Wars |
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| Author:
| Curwood, Anastasia C. |
| Series title: | Gender and American Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-3434-3 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $87.00 |
Book Description:
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The so-called New Negroes of the period between World Wars I and II embodied a new sense of racial pride and upward mobility for the race. Many of them thought that relationships between spouses could be a crucial factor in realizing this dream. But there was little agreement about how spousal relationships should actually function in an ideal New Negro marriage. Shedding light on an often-overlooked aspect of African American social history, Curwood explores the public and private...
More DescriptionThe so-called New Negroes of the period between World Wars I and II embodied a new sense of racial pride and upward mobility for the race. Many of them thought that relationships between spouses could be a crucial factor in realizing this dream. But there was little agreement about how spousal relationships should actually function in an ideal New Negro marriage. Shedding light on an often-overlooked aspect of African American social history, Curwood explores the public and private negotiations over gender relationships inside marriage that consumed upwardly mobile black Americans between 1918 and 1942.